{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1680606,"song":"Dane Geld","artist":"Michael Longcor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11351744-dane-geld-chords-by-michael-longcor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1680606?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"The lyrics of this song are those of the poem by Rudyard Kipling in his poem, \"Dane Geld.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt is always a temptation for an armed and agile nation[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTo call upon a neighbor and say,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"We invaded you last night.  We are quite prepared to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUnless you pay us cash to go away.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd that is called \"asking for Dane Geld.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the people who ask it explain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat once you have paid him the Dane Geld,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen you'll be rid of the dane.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt is always a temptation for a rich and lazy nation[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTo puff and look important and to say,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Though we really should defeat you, we've not the time to meet you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe'll therefore pay you cash to go away.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd that is called \"paying the Dane Geld.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd we've proved it again and again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat once you have paid him the Dane Geld[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou'll never get rid of the dane.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nFor fear they should succumb and go astray.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo when you're requested to pay up or be molested[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou'll find it better policy to say...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"We never pay anyone Dane Geld[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo matter how trifling the cost.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the end of that game is oppression and shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]EM[/ch]\r\nAnd the nation who plays it is lost.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"No, we never pay anyone Dane Geld[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo matter how trifling the cost.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the end of that game is oppression and shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the nation who plays it is lost.\"[/tab]","plain_text":"The lyrics of this song are those of the poem by Rudyard Kipling in his poem, \"Dane Geld.\"","chords":["Em","Am","B7","EM"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}