Judy Collins – Che (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
    Em
One morning in Bolivia

           Bm          C
The leader of the partisans

                  Em
And two of his companions

                                  C         D
Were forced to flee the mountains for their lives
[Verse 2]
        Em
Through green and dusty villages

           G               Em
They sped along the little roads

                                        G       C
The peasants smiled and shouted as they hurried by

Em
Jesus called out to everyone, "Don't think that we are leaving

          D                                          C       G
They only tried to frighten us with guns, we shall return"
[Chorus 1]
                   C     G
Continue with your work

                   C     Eb
Continue with your talk

                    G      Eb
You have it in your hands

                               Em
To own your lives, to own your lands
[Verse 3]
                                                   D      Em
The people smiled and shouted and they ran along a little while
Then stood and watched, their hands were restless and empty
    Bm        Em
The body of Jesus was in the jeep

                            D           C
That they blew up before it reached the plane

    Bm                  C
The priest was proud to bless him

    D                       G                   C
For what there was of him remaining in the afternoon
[Chorus 1]
                   C     G
Continue with your work

                   C     Eb
Continue with your talk

                    G      Eb
You have it in your hands

                               Em
To own your lives, to own your lands
[Chorus 2]
                        C         G
There is no one who can show you

                       C   Eb
The road you should be on

                             G         Eb
They only tell you, they can show you

                           Em
And then tomorrow they are gone
[Verse 4]
                                      D                  Em
The smell of oil and incense fill the room in this adobe hut

             D                        C
Where on the table lies the body of a man

    Em               Bm                           Em
His face is pale and young, his beard is dark and curled

                 D                Em      C       Em
Pennies hold his eyelids from the evening light
[Verse 5]
                                   Bm                         Em
People from the village, those who knew him, those who killed him
Stand inside the door, their hands are restless and empty
                                  D              C
They watch the priest make silent crosses in the air

                  Em                                     G
And pray to god inside their hearts for their own souls
[Chorus 1]
                   C     G
Continue with your work

                   C     Eb
Continue with your talk

                    G      Eb
You have it in your hands

                               Em
To own your lives, to own your lands
[Chorus 2]
                        C         G
There is no one who can show you

                       C   Eb
The road you should be on

                             G         Eb
They only tell you, they can show you

                           Em
And then tomorrow they are gone
[Chorus 1]
                   C     G
Continue with your work

                   C     Eb
Continue with your talk

                    G      Eb
You have it in your hands

                               Em
To own your lives, to own your lands
[Chorus 2]
                        C         G
There is no one who can show you

                       C   Eb
The road you should be on

                             G         Eb
They only tell you, they can show you

                           Em
And then tomorrow they are gone
[Chorus 1]
                   C     G
Continue with your work

                   C     Eb
Continue with your talk

                    G      Eb
You have it in your hands

                               Em
To own your lives, to own your lands
[Chorus 2]
                        C         G
There is no one who can show you

                       C   Eb
The road you should be on

                             G         Eb
They only tell you, they can show you

                           Em
And then tomorrow they are gone
[Chorus 1]
                   C     G
Continue with your work

                   C     Eb
Continue with your talk

                    G      Eb
You have it in your hands

                               Em
To own your lives, to own your lands