{"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":2480192,"song":"In Imperialist Wars","artist":"Cornelius Cardew","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11505906-in-imperialist-wars-chords-by-cornelius-cardew/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2480192?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen they give you gun and tell you war has begun[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd send you out to do some murder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nDon't fight on their wars defy all their bourgeois laws[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nClass brothers must not shoot one another[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn imperialist wars workers give their lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe ruling class makes no sacrifice[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe have no choice if we want to live in peace[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't die for them but bring them to their knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBefore the first world war, labour leaders hotly swore[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat by the working class they'd stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut when the capitalist called, on their well-worn knees they crawled[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo fight for their glorious homeland[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen the spectre of world war comes knocking at the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nClass traitors start to howl[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut we don't have to fear, it means the time is getting near[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the working class shall rule[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn imperialist wars workers give their lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe ruling class makes no sacrifice[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe have no choice if we want to live in peace[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't die for them but bring them to their knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSome say the British empire has finally expired[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd its rulers lost all life[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut if that's so we would like to know why in many lands across the globe[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthey still wield their butchers knife[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIn lands across the sea they're now fighting to be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTheir demand is to rule themselves[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe've got a common cause we must support them in their wars[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy fighting to free ourselves[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn imperialist wars workers give their lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe ruling class makes no sacrifice[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe have no choice if we want to live in peace[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't die for them but bring them to their knees[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\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]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","F#m","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}