{"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":2364739,"song":"Kinkys History Lesson","artist":"The Waterboys","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11488976-kinkys-history-lesson-chords-by-the-waterboys/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2364739?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Fm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDear Kinky Friedman, I read what you wrote[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNeville Chamberlain surrender monkeys - yup, that was your quote[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Fm[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, we all say stupid things sometimes, so here with my blessing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nKinky Friedman this is your history lesson[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChamberlain declared war, on the 3rd of September[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe US wasn't involved, as I remember[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Fm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd after Poland fell, then Belgium and France[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBritain stood alone with barely a chance[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe faced Hitler down; he unleashed the blitz[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA hundred nine elevens that left London in bits[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we never caved in, Britain never surrendered[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo petition for peace, Kinky, was ever fuckin' tendered[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh Kinky Friedman[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDude quit your messin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd listen up good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is your history lesson[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoosevelt helped us, with armaments and food[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis vision was sure, and his policy good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Fm[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe'd have brought the USA, into the war on our side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the isolationists, had both his hands tied[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStay out, Stay Out was your public's demand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill the Japs hit Pearl Harbour, and that forced your hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen your boys fought like lions but so the hell did ours[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnly an asshole, Kinky, could call the British cowards[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh Kinky Friedman[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake some quiet time processing[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThese words of mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour history lesson[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd here's a casualty count for you to muse upon, man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMilitary personnel and civilians killed in the theatre of world war two[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nUSA: four hundred and nineteen thousand and four hundred[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGreat Britain: four hundred and fifty thousand and nine hundred[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd just to keep perspective[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nUSSR: twenty-seven million... or thereabouts[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah war is no joke[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd my friend you misspoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr so I'm guessin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut take this well, Buddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd may it ease your soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKinky Friedman this has been[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour history lesson[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC Fm  C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["C","Fm","G","E","Am","A","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}