Resistance chords by David Rovics

Verse 1:
D                G    Em
You can say that it's about the savages
  D                G   A7
You can say you have a better way to live
    D        G    Em
You can call it Manifest Destiny
    D                 G  A7
You can talk of all your civilization will give
D                 G    Em
You can say that we're a thing of history
  D                G   A7
And progress is the future you will bring
  D               G     Em
You can send your armies to these mountains
    D     G     A7
You can say we'll prosper beneath your king

Chorus:
        G      A7
But there will always be resistance
      D          G
The next battle will always be near
          A7
As long as you have everything
       D             G
There will be those who have nothing to fear
  Bm          G             A7
And little by little, or maybe all at once you will lose
      G     A7       D
Because our future is not yours to choose


Verse 2:
D                    G     Em
You can say that you've got to stop the communists
  D               G    A7
You can say that our ideals can't succeed
    D              G     Em
You can say that competition is the only way
   D           G   A7
And a global system based on greed
D              G    Em
And you can call yourself a democrat
D                 G   A7
You can call yourself whatever you will
  D                G        Em
And you can keep on stamping out the fires you start
    D            G  A7
So you might stay on top of the hill


Chorus:

But there will always be resistance
      D          G
The next battle will always be near
          A7
As long as you have everything
       D             G
There will be those who have nothing to fear
  Bm          G             A7
And little by little, or maybe all at once you will lose
      G     A7       D
Because our future is not yours to choose


Verse 3:
D                 G     Em
And you can say that all of us are terrorists
    D               G  A7
Madmen bent on destroying all that's free
    D            G    Em
You can say that we are building weapons
  D                  G  A7
As your bombers fly from sea to bloody sea
D                   G Em
You can say you're with us or against us
D               G      A7
And to die quietly is what we now must do
    D       G     Em
You can maintain your innocence
D                   G         A7
You can say that you are many, as you represent the few


Chorus:

But there will always be resistance
      D          G
The next battle will always be near
          A7
As long as you have everything
       D             G
There will be those who have nothing to fear
  Bm          G             A7
And little by little, or maybe all at once you will lose
      G     A7       D
Because our future is not yours to choose