John Denver – Let Us Begin (Guitar)
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Chords for the song "Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)" by John Denver
From the album "One World" (1986)
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D D I am the son of a grassland farmer D D G Western Oklahoma nineteen forty three G G D D A I always felt grateful to live in the land of the free D D I gave up my father to South Korea D D G The mind of my brother to Vietnam G G D A7 Now there's a banker who says I must give up my land D D There are four generations of blood in this topsoil D D G Four generations of love on this farm G G D D Before I give up I would gladly give up my right arm
[Chorus]
A A D What are we making weapons for Bm G A D Why keep on feeding the war machine A A D We take it right out of the mouths of our babies A A D Take it away from the hands of the poor G D A D Tell me, what are we making weapons for
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
D D I had a son and my son was a soldier D D G He was so like my father, he was so much like me G G D D A To be a good comrade was the best that he dreamed he could be D D He gave up his future to revolution D D G His life to a battle that just can't be won G G D A7 For this is not living, to live at the point of a gun D D I remember the nine hundred days of Leningrad D D G The sound of the dying, the cut of the cold G G D D I remember the moments I prayed I would never grow old
[Chorus]
A A D What are we making weapons for Bm G A D Why keep on feeding the war machine A A D We take it right out of the mouths of our babies A A D Take it away from the hands of the poor G D A D Tell me, what are we making weapons for
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
D D For the first time in my life I feel like a prisoner D D G A slave to the ways of the powers that be G G D A7 And I fear for my children, as I fear for the future I see D D Tell me how can it be we're still fighting each other D D G What does it take for a people to learn G G D D If our song is not sung as a chorus, we surely will burn
[Chorus]
A A D What are we making weapons for Bm G A D Why keep on feeding the war machine A A D We take it right out of the mouths of our babies A A D Take it away from the hands of the poor G D A D D Tell me, what are we making weapons for
[Outro]
D A D G6 D D Have we forgotten D A D G6 D D All the lives that were given D A D G6 D D All the vows that were taken D A Asus4 A Saying never again G Em D D Now for the first time D A D G6 D D This could be the last time D A D G6 D A If peace is our vision A7 D Let us begin D A D G6 D D Have we forgotten D A D G6 D D All the lives that were given D A D G6 D D All the vows that were taken D A Asus4 A Saying never again, never again G Em D D Now for the first time D A D G6 D D This could be the last time D A D G6 D A If peace is our vision A7 D A7 D A7 D Let us begin, let us begin