Song Of Choice chords by Peggy Seeger

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

intro:
Gm

Gm
Early every year the seeds are growing
     G                       C         G
Unseen, Unheard they lie beneath the ground
Gm
Would you know until their leaver are showing
      Cm                   D          Gm
That with weeds all your garden will abound

Chorus:
D              G              D7
If you close your eyes, stop your ears
            Gm                 D7
Hold your tongue, then how can you know?
     Gm
For seeds you cannot see may not be there
Cm  D                            Gm     Cm
Seeds you cannot hear may never grow

Verse:
Cm
In January you've still got the choice
        Eb              F        G7 G
You can cut the weeds before they start to bud
         Cm           Eb                              Gm
If you leave them to grow high, they'll silence your voice
                 G      Cm
And in December you may pay with your blood

Cm
So close your eyes, stop your ears
                        G7
Close your mouth, take it slow
Cm
Let others take the lead and you bring up the rear
Dm               G7            Cm
And later you can say you didn't know

Cm                    Bb          Cm
Every day another vulture takes flight
                     F          G
There's another danger born every morning
        Cm              Eb             Fm          G
In the darkness of your blindness, the beast will learn to bite
                                           G
How can you fight if you can't recognize a warning?

Cm
So close your eyes, stop your ears
G           Cm     G         G7
Close your mouth, take it slow
Cm
Let others take the lead and you bring up the rear
    Dm            G7              Cm
And later you can say you didn't know

Cm              Bb            Cm
Today you may earn a living wage
Eb          F               G7
Tomorrow you may be on the dole
     Cm                                Bb   Fm             G
Though there's millions going hungry, you needn't disengage
                                                Cm
For it's them, not you, that's fallen in the hole

Cm
So close your eyes, stop your ears
                    G7
Close your mouth, take it slow
Cm
Let others take the lead and you bring up the rear
Dm        G7                         Cm
And later you can say you didn't know

Cm
Today the soldiers took away one
              Fm         G7
Tomorrow they may take away too
Cm        Eb           Bb
Chile was taken last year
Fm                    Gm         Cm  Gm
But surely they will never take you

   Cm
So close your eyes, stop your ears
                     G7
Close your mouth, take it slow
Cm
Let others take the lead and you bring up the rear
Fm                G7              Cm
And later you can say you didn't know

Cm
It's alright for you if you run with the pack
       Eb            F                  G7
It's alright if you agree with all they do
   Cm
If fascism is slowly climbing back
  Fm                 G7                       Cm
It's not here yet, so what's it got to do with you?

Cm
So close your eyes, stop your ears
                          G7
Close your mouth, take it slow
Cm                                                Fm
Let others take the lead and you bring up the rear
Fm                G7               Cm
And later you can say you didn't know

Cm                 Bb             Cm
The weeds are all around us and they're growing
Cm                 F            G7
It will soon be too late for the knife
     Cm                 C            Ab                 G
If you leave them on the wind that around the world is blowing
    Fm              G                  Cm
You may pay for your silence with your life

Cm
So close your eyes, stop your ears
                           G7
Close your mouth and never dare
Cm
And if it happens here they'll never come for you
Fm                          G7           Cm
Because they'll know you really didn't care