Misc Unsigned Bands – Canadian Cultural Workers Committee - Death To The Traitors (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bm F# Bm F# [Verse 1]
    Bm                    F#
The imperialists rape and plunder

Bm            F#
This glorious land

     Bm                D
They rob and steal the nation

      A                 F#
We're moulding with our hands

    Bm                D
But burns bright that red starlight

      F#          Bm
We'll smash the imperialists' might

Bm
We'll win liberation,

Bm
Win liberation,

Bm
Win liberation.
[Verse 2]
      Bm                  F#
It is we who ploughed the praries

          Bm                F#
Built the cities where they trade

          Bm                   D
Built the mines and built them factories

          A                 F#
And those miles of railroad laid

          Bm        D
But the reactionary bourgeoisie

     F#                    Bm
Like traitors sold out our country

Bm
Death to the traitors,

Bm
Death to the traitors,

Bm
Death to the traitors.
[Verse 3]
Bm           F#
Dusty miners pulling ore

         Bm            F#
From the bowels of the Earth

     Bm             D
Proletarians in the factories

A                F#
Wage slaves from birth

    Bm                  D
Our people have a proud heritage

   F#                   Bm
Of fighting against our bondage

Bm
We'll smash our chains,

Bm
We'll smash our chains,

Bm
We'll smash our chains.
[Verse 4]
    Bm      F#
The enemy before us

     Bm        F#
Is a monster indeed

Bm    D
Human blood and bones

        A                F#
Are the food on which it feeds

    Bm          D
But faces it a world of foes

  F#           Bm
Imperialism is in death throes

Bm
Death to the traitors,

Bm
Death to the traitors,

Bm
Death to the traitors.
[Verse 5]
Bm             F#
Toilers in the shops

    Bm             F#
And tillers in the fields

Bm             D
Native people, Québécois,

    A        F#
Our unity is real

     Bm                D
They want to split our unity

      F#               Bm
And divert us from our enemy

Bm
Long live our unity,

Bm
Long live our unity,

Bm
Long live our unity.
[Verse 6]
     Bm           F#
They send foreign agents

Bm       F#
Into our midst

     Bm            D
Opportunists and revisionists

      A         F#
Are police socialists

     Bm             D
They talk about revolution

F#             Bm
Just to sow confusion

Bm
Death to the traitors,

Bm
Death to the traitors,

Bm
Death to the traitors.
[Verse 7]
      Bm             F#
We've nothing but contempt

        Bm         F#
For the traitorous state

Bm          D
And for the bourgeoisie

      A                 F#
We've nothing but class hate

         Bm            D
We're prepared for revolution

   F#         Bm
We know the solution

Bm
Make the rich pay,

Bm
Make the rich pay,

Bm
Make the rich pay.
[Verse 8]
Bm                 F#
Windward waves the red flag

Bm          F#
Fist to the sky

      Bm              D
The Canadian people's fury rises

      A        F#
As we boldly defy

    Bm            D
The lackey Ottowa traitors

         F#                 Bm
Who sold out our land and labor

Bm
Death to the traitors,

Bm
Death to the traitors,

Bm
Death to the traitors.

Bm
Death to the traitors,

Bm
Death to the traitors,

Bm
Death to the traitors.