{"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":1879047,"song":"Securing The Peace","artist":"UB40","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1879047-securing-the-peace-chords-by-ub40/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1879047?type=chord","rating":0.17838,"votes":0,"content":"In 2008 UB40 brought out a DELUXE EDITION of their album `Twenty Four Seven` it \r\ncontained seven additional tracks and `Securing The Peace` rapped by Astro was one of `em,\r\nHere is the Reggae Guitar Chord Structure and Lyric for the track.\r\n     \r\n[Chords]  \r\n[tab]          [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n          EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE[/tab]\r\n          X35543  X13331  133211  355333\r\n\r\n[intro]\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]  N.C\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]                          [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSecuring the peace then preparing for war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]                          [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSecuring the peace then preparing for war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cm[/ch]                        [ch]Cb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nIn peacetime some bury their fathers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIn war time some bury their son`s,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cm[/ch]                       [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThe dead are all labelled as martyrs,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd the living inherit the bullet and the gun.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]                           \r\nSecuring the peace then preparing for war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]                          \r\nSecuring the peace then preparing for war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\nN.C\r\nIf religious crusade is your calling,\r\nN.C\r\nAsk your god if he`ll stop the bombs falling,\r\nN.C\r\nOn the heads Of the poor that were shattered today,\r\nN.C\r\nThey were wailing so load you can`t hear yourself think.\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSecuring the peace then preparing for war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSecuring the peace then preparing for war,[/tab]\r\nN.C\r\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\nN.C\r\nA single death is tragic a million a statistic,\r\nN.C\r\nTo say the war is fought for peace sounds cynically sadistic.\r\n\r\n[Saxophone Middle]\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] N.C   [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\nN.C\r\nTake your prayers and take your blaspheming,\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTake the graves where the mothers are screaming,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]                            [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nYou can`t convince me that you feel the loss,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe last real Christian you killed on the cross.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSecuring the peace then preparing for war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSecuring the peace while preparing for war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd while the world plays hide and seek,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nTo cover up the violence,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cm[/ch]                [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]               \r\nInnocence claims the right to speak.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd guilty the right to silence.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Saxophone Middle 2]\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\nN.C\r\nSecuring the peace while preparing for war,\r\nN.C\r\nSecuring the peace while preparing for war,\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSecuring The peace while preparing for war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nSecuring the peace when preparing for war,[/tab]\r\nN.C\r\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.","plain_text":"In 2008 UB40 brought out a DELUXE EDITION of their album `Twenty Four Seven` it \ncontained seven additional tracks and `Securing The Peace` rapped by Astro was one of `em,\nHere is the Reggae Guitar Chord Structure and Lyric for the track.\n     \n[Chords]  \n\n          X35543  X13331  133211  355333\n\n[intro]\nCm  Cm Bb Cm  F  Gm  Cm  Cm Bb Cm  F  Gm\nCm  Cm Bb Cm  F  Gm  Cm  Cm Bb Cm  N.C\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\nN.C\nIf religious crusade is your calling,\nN.C\nAsk your god if he`ll stop the bombs falling,\nN.C\nOn the heads Of the poor that were shattered today,\nN.C\nThey were wailing so load you can`t hear yourself think.\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\nN.C\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.\n\n[Verse 3]\nN.C\nA single death is tragic a million a statistic,\nN.C\nTo say the war is fought for peace sounds cynically sadistic.\n\n[Saxophone Middle]\nCm  Cm Bb Cm  F  Gm F  Cm  Cm Bb N.C   Gm F\n\n[Verse 3]\nN.C\nTake your prayers and take your blaspheming,\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Saxophone Middle 2]\nCm  Cm  F  F  Cm  Cm  F  Gm\n\n[Outro]\nN.C\nSecuring the peace while preparing for war,\nN.C\nSecuring the peace while preparing for war,\n\n\n\nN.C\nAnd the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.","chords":["Cm","Bb","F","Gm","C","Cb","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}