Chumbawamba – Invasion (Guitar)
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Play along in the key of D at
[Intro]
(Just Drums)
[Verse]
D C Bm The first world's got greedy, we're consuming it all D Bm The third world's got hunger and military control Bm This unequal balance is a master plan D C Bm One gets rich from the other's land
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Bm D C They've got it all worked out C D C Bm and we give our consent
[Verse]
D C Bm They've got it all worked out for Central America D Bm They've got it all worked out for Africa D And in our naivety we believe myths and overconsume D And give them our consent D Dying in the shadow of the USA D "Let them eat bullshit, make the land pay" D C Make a fast deal with the local elite D Then substitute cash-crops where once grew wheat A C Build a cycle of dependence on a starvation-diet D E With food as a weapon, workers stay quiet
[Verse]
A G And multinational names have blood on their brands A G From taking an interest in misused lands D G Del Monte, Tate & Lyle, Ralston Purina D Coca-Cola, RTZ, and Unilever D All packaging lifestyles for the glamorous west D Expand the company, exploit the rest
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
D G We are not isolated by distance A D A G But by greed and our racist history A D A Just a wall's width away G A Still impossible to see across D A G This space in front on me
[Bridge]
A D A It's we who write this history G A We who guard the money-tree D A We support the companies G A We stole the colonies
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[Refrain]
D A And when the system starts to crack G A We'll have to ready to give it all back D A And when the system starts to crack G A We'll have to ready to give it all back D A And when the system starts to crack G A We'll have to ready to give it all back
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[Bridge]
D Dbm C Bm See the space which lies between the rich and the poor D Dbm C Bm How the space increases as we keep on taking more D Db C Bm Keeping that space between us all D Db C Bm Is how the west can keep control...
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
D Db With a mission and a chequebook promising aid C Bm Posing for the camera the United Nations man came D Db He talked of control and the terrible drought C Bm And the way that the west would bail them out D C They he stopped smiling and talked conditions D C Of mutual aid; of American wishes D Sending in aid with sewn-on strings D If they won't buy arms - then it's pulled back in D G Feeding the world American style A C Col Sanders has an empire behind his smile A D Back up the investments with a military regime A C Then cleverly say: "It's to keep the world free!"
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
D But the multinational myths are beginning to fall D The poor don't want aid, they want control D And if we really want to see the Third World eat D Db Bm We've got to see through the wrapping on the high street D Past barriers of culture that dictate our lives D Bm We're busy consuming as the other half dies D And the answer's not a question on charity - D Not whilst profit's still the top priority - D So let the glossy shop-fronts know what to expect D A And you Bosses of Companies...
[Outro]
Em Cm And the cycle of hungry children Bm Em D C Bm Em D Will keep on going round Em C Bm Em Until we burn the multinationals to the ground
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