Big Country – Peace In Our Time (Guitar)

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[Intro] E A D E E A D E [Verse]
              Bsus4 A              C#m
Who holds the money, who holds the need

              Bsus4          A                  C#m
Who holds the strings of misery or the purse of greed

                A                       C#m
And the gunmen reap while the gangsters sow

           Bsus4                    E
And law is cheap when the smugglers go
[Chorus]
         E              A            E
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time

         E              A            Bsus4
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time

        A              C#m
While I have a life to live

       E               Bsus4
Then I have no life to give

         C#m             A            E
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time
[Verse]
              Bsus4 A         C#m
In sun-kissed rooms, in city slums

          Bsus4     A               C#m
Minds are restless till the airmail come

                 A                   C#m
From the forest floor to the western mind

                 Bsus4            A
Like a chat show topic on a party line

         D                          C#m
And the hardest love of all is to forgive

       Bsus4                 A
As the world comes tumbling down
[Chorus]
         E              A            E
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time

         E              A            Bsus4
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time

        A              C#m
While I have a life to live

       E               Bsus4
Then I have no life to give

         C#m             A            E
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time
[Instrumental] E A D E E A D E D A E D A E [Bridge]
    D                  A             E
Let all the rain come down on blind desire

        D                 A               E
Like a thundercloud that holds a prairie fire (a prairie fire)
[Verse]
            Bsus4 A             C#m
I hear the blame and I see the cause

           Bsus4  A             C#m
A stronger voice and a stronger law

           A   Bsus4       C#m
But buyers buy and sellers sell

           Bsus4                A
Public consumption of a private hell
[Chorus]
         E              A            E
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time

         E              A            Bsus
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time

        A              C#m
While I have a life to live

       E               B
Then I have no life to give

         C#m            A            E
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time
[Chorus]
         E              A            E
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time

         E              A            Bsus
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time

        A              C#m
While I have a life to live

       E               Bsus4
Then I have no life to give

         C#m            A            E
(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time