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CAre thesEe the pE7eople that we should bomb
FAre we so sure Gthey mean us harm
CIs this our pleasure, Epunishment or E7crime
FIs this a mounGtain that we really want to climb
CThe road is hard, Ehard and lonE7g
FPut down that two by four
GThis mCan would never turn you from his door
Oh GEeorge! OE7h George!
FThat Texas Geducation must have fucked Cyou up when you were very small
CWhen EI was E717 my mother, bless her heart,
FFulfilled Gmy summCer dream she handed me the keys to the car
We motEored dowE7n to Paris, fuelled with Dexedrine and booze
FGot bust Gin Antibes by the cops and fleeced in Naples by the wops
CBut everyone Ewas kind tE7o us, we were the English dudes
FOur dads had helped them win the war
GWhen we all Cknew what we were fighting for
But Enow an EE7nglishman abroad is just a US stooge
FThe buGlldog is a poodle snapping round the scoundrel's last refuge
CIs gentleness too much for us
Should EgentlenE7ess be Ffiled along with empathy
We Gfeel for someone else's child
CEvery tEime a E7smart bomb does its sums and gets it wrong
FSomeone elGse's child dies and equities in defence rise
CAmeriEca, E7America, please hear us when we call
FYou got hip-hop, be-bop, hustle and bustle
GYou got Atticus Finch, you got Jane Russell
CYou got freedom of speech, you got great beaches,
EWildE7ernesses and malls
FDon't let the might, the Christian right,
GFuck it all uCp for you and the rest of the world
CNot in Emy name, TonE7y, you great war leader you
FTerror Gis still terror, whosoever gets to frame the rules
CHistory's Enot E7written by the vanquished or the damned
FNow we Gare Genghis Khan, Lucretia Borghia, Son of Sam
CIn 1E961 E7they took this child into their home
FI wonder Gwhat became of them in the cauldron that was Lebanon
CIf I cEould find E7them now, could I make amends?
FHow doGes Cthe story end?

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Leaving Beirut

by Roger Waters

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C E E7

Are these the people that we should bomb

F G

Are we so sure they mean us harm

C E E7

Is this our pleasure, punishment or crime

F G

Is this a mountain that we really want to climb

C E E7

The road is hard, hard and long

Put down that two by four

G C

This man would never turn you from his door

E E7

Oh George! Oh George!

F G C

That Texas education must have fucked you up when you were very small

C E E7

When I was 17 my mother, bless her heart,

F G C

Fulfilled my summer dream she handed me the keys to the car

E E7

We motored down to Paris, fuelled with Dexedrine and booze

F G

Got bust in Antibes by the cops and fleeced in Naples by the wops

C E E7

But everyone was kind to us, we were the English dudes

Our dads had helped them win the war

G C

When we all knew what we were fighting for

E E7

But now an Englishman abroad is just a US stooge

F G

The bulldog is a poodle snapping round the scoundrel's last refuge

Is gentleness too much for us

E E7 F

Should gentleness be filed along with empathy

We feel for someone else's child

C E E7

Every time a smart bomb does its sums and gets it wrong

F G

Someone else's child dies and equities in defence rise

C E E7

America, America, please hear us when we call

You got hip-hop, be-bop, hustle and bustle

You got Atticus Finch, you got Jane Russell

You got freedom of speech, you got great beaches,

E E7

Wildernesses and malls

Don't let the might, the Christian right,

G C

Fuck it all up for you and the rest of the world

C E E7

Not in my name, Tony, you great war leader you

F G

Terror is still terror, whosoever gets to frame the rules

C E E7

History's not written by the vanquished or the damned

F G

Now we are Genghis Khan, Lucretia Borghia, Son of Sam

C E E7

In 1961 they took this child into their home

F G

I wonder what became of them in the cauldron that was Lebanon

C E E7

If I could find them now, could I make amends?

F G C

How does the story end?

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