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🤘 Intro:
Cm
🤘 Verse:
Cm
A long ago in eastern Prussia
Young men with great ambitions rise
So who can tell me who can say for sure
Fm G
Which one will win the Nobel Prize
Cm
It was a golden age for science
The kaiserreich would hold the key
And as the conflict came and tensions rose
Fm G
The manifest of the 93
🤘 PRE-Chorus:
Fm Cm
Haber Bosch, the great alliance
Eb Bb
Where’s the contradiction
Fm Cm
Fed the world by ways of science
Ab G
Sinner or a saint
🤘 Chorus:
Cm
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
Cm
His dark creation has been revealed
Cm
Flow over no man’s land, a poisonous nightmare
Cm
A deadly mist on the battlefield
🤘 Verse:
Cm
“Perversions of ideals of science”
Cm
Lost words of alienated wife
Cm
And in the trenches of the western front
Fm G
Unknowing soldiers pay the price
Cm
And on the battlefield they’re dying
Cm
And on the fields the crops are grown
Cm Fm
So who can tell us what is right or wrong
G
Maths or morality alone
🤘 PRE-Chorus:
Fm Cm
Haber Bosch, the great alliance
Eb Bb
Where’s the contradiction
Fm Cm
Fed the world by ways of science
Ab G
Sinner or a saint
🤘 Chorus:
Cm
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
Cm
His dark creation has been revealed
Cm
Flow over no man’s land, a poisonous nightmare
Cm
A deadly mist on the battlefield
Cm
Father of toxic gas, and chemical warfare
Cm
His dark creation has been revealed
Cm
Flow over no man’s land, a poisonous nightmare
Cm
A deadly mist on the battlefield
🤘 Instrumental:
Cm Eb Bb Ab Bb
🤘 Bridge:
Cm Ab Eb Bb Eb Bb Ab Bb
During times when there’s peace he belonged to the world
Cm Ab Fm Bb G
During times when there’s war he belonged to his place of birth
Where, will this lead? What’s coming next
From your inventions
We wonder where, where does it end
Who can foresee, see what will be
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Published: October 1, 2022
Last Updated: January 2, 2026