Strawbs – Revenge Can Be So Sweet (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am C Em7 D (3x) [Verse 1]
  Am                        C
A confluence of rivers once flowed out to the sea

      Em7                       D
Where forests grew abundant and nature’s gifts were free

    Am                           C
Man built his mighty temples and prayed at his own feet

        Em7                           D
But the desert sands were shifting, revenge can be so sweet
[Chorus]
Am
We shall all rise up

C
March to the beat

Em7
We shall all rise up

  D
Revenge can be so sweet

Am
We shall all rise up

C
March to the beat

Em7                   D
We shall all rise up
[Verse 2]
  Am                       C
Beneath the Tower of Babel crowds began to form

Em7                          D
Gathering in defiance in the forefront of the storm

  Am                     C
Machinery breathed fire, melting with the heat

Em7                            D
Flames lit up the night sky, revenge can be so sweet
[Chorus]
Am
We shall all rise up

C
March to the beat

Em7
We shall all rise up

  D
Revenge can be so sweet

Am
We shall all rise up

C
March to the beat

Em7                   D
We shall all rise up
[Instrumental] Am C Em7 D [Verse 3]
    Am                            C
The culture of possession is both perilous and plain

    Em7                         D
Man shows no inhibitions in the conquests that remain

Am                                 C
Those who breed corruption, should sleep out in the street

Em7                         D
Life is meant for living, revenge can be so sweet
[Chorus]
Am
We shall all rise up

C
March to the beat

Em7
We shall all rise up

  D
Revenge can be so sweet

Am
We shall all rise up

C
March to the beat

Em7                   D
We shall all rise up
[Chorus]
Am
We shall all rise up

C
March to the beat

Em7
We shall all rise up

  D
Revenge can be so sweet

Am
We shall all rise up

C
March to the beat

Em7                   D
We shall all rise up
[Chorus] (fade to end )
Am
We shall all rise up

C
March to the beat

Em7
We shall all rise up

  D
Revenge can be so sweet

Am
We shall all rise up

C
March to the beat

Em7                   D
We shall all rise up