Billy Bragg – The Internationale (Guitar)

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Dedicado a León Trotsky, Emiliano Zapata y Comandante Che Guevara [Verse 1]
      F                 Bb
Stand up all victims of oppression 

        C7                F     C7
For the tyrants fear your might

      F                     Bb
Don't cling so hard to your possessions 

             C7                    F
For you have nothing if you have no rights 

    C      G7           C
Let racist ignorance be ended

      G7                      C   G7
For respect makes the empires fall

           C       C7       F
Freedom is merely privilege extended

         C        G7      C   C7
Unless enjoyed by one and all
[Chorus]
        F            Bb
So come brothers and sisters

         C7              F  C7
For the struggle carries on

    F     C7   Dm  A7
The Inter-national-e

 Bb        G7       C    C7
Unites the world in song

   F              Bb
So comrades, come rally

         C7              F    F7
For this is the time and place

    D7       Gm7
The international ideal

 F         C7    F
Unites the human race
[Verse 2]
    F                      Bb
Let no one build walls to divide us

         C7                  F     C7
Walls of hatred nor walls of stone

     F                          Bb
Come greet the dawn and stand beside us

           C7                     F
We'll live together or we'll die alone

       C        G7             C
In our world poisoned by exploitation

               G7                   C   G7
Those who have taken, now they must give

    C       C7        F
And end the vanity of nations

              C        G7       C   C7
We've but one Earth on which to live
[Chorus]
        F            Bb
So come brothers and sisters

         C7              F  C7
For the struggle carries on

    F     C7   Dm  A7
The Inter-national-e

 Bb        G7       C    C7
Unites the world in song

   F              Bb
So comrades, come rally

         C7              F    F7
For this is the time and place

    D7       Gm7
The international ideal

 F         C7    F
Unites the human race
[Verse 3]
    F                   Bb
And so begins the final drama

       C7                 F      C7
In the streets and in the fields

   F                          Bb
We stand unbowed before their armor

     C7                F
We defy their guns and shields

        C         G7                C
When we fight, provoked by their aggression

          G7                   C   G7
Let us be inspired by life and love

    C           C7          F
For though they offer us concessions

            C        G7    C   C7
Change will not come from above
[Chorus]
        F            Bb
So come brothers and sisters

         C7              F  C7
For the struggle carries on

    F     C7   Dm  A7
The Inter-national-e

 Bb        G7       C    C7
Unites the world in song

   F              Bb
So comrades, come rally

         C7              F    F7
For this is the time and place

    D7       Gm7
The international ideal

 F         C7    F
Unites the human race