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[Verse]
CWhy do your warships  Fride on my Cwaters
CWhy do these bombs fall D7down from the G7sky
CWhy do you burn my Ftowns and my Ccities
CI'd like to know  G7I'd like to Cknow
CI'd like to know friend  FI'd like to Cknow
CHungry lips ask me wherD7ever I G7go
CComrades and friends  Ffallen aCround me
CI'd like to know IG7'd like to Cknow
You Clocked me in jail you Fthrew me in Cprison
CYour hospital packed your aD7sylums are G7full
CWhere is my food my Fsoap and my Cwarm clothes
CI'd like to know  G7I'd like to Cknow
CWhy are your warships all Fdeath to my Cpeople
CNitro explosives D7cannons and G7bombs
CWhere have you taken my Fsons and my Cdaughters
CI'd like to know G7I'd like to Cknow

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Id Like To Know

by Tom Rush

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[Verse]

C F C

Why do your warships ride on my waters

C D7 G7

Why do these bombs fall down from the sky

C F C

Why do you burn my towns and my cities

C G7 C

I'd like to know I'd like to know

C F C

I'd like to know friend I'd like to know

C D7 G7

Hungry lips ask me wherever I go

C F C

Comrades and friends fallen around me

C G7 C

I'd like to know I'd like to know

C F C

You locked me in jail you threw me in prison

C D7 G7

Your hospital packed your asylums are full

C F C

Where is my food my soap and my warm clothes

C G7 C

I'd like to know I'd like to know

C F C

Why are your warships all death to my people

C D7 G7

Nitro explosives cannons and bombs

C F C

Where have you taken my sons and my daughters

C G7 C

I'd like to know I'd like to know

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