UB40 – Securing The Peace (Guitar)

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In 2008 UB40 brought out a DELUXE EDITION of their album `Twenty Four Seven` it contained seven additional tracks and `Securing The Peace` rapped by Astro was one of `em, Here is the Reggae Guitar Chord Structure and Lyric for the track. [Chords]

          Cm      Bb      F       Gm
          EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE

X35543 X13331 133211 355333 [intro] Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm Cm Cm Bb Cm N.C [Chorus 1]

       Cm                          Cm Bb Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,

               F                         Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,

       Cm                          Cm Bb Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,

               F                         Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.

[Verse 1]

        Cm                        Cb Bb Cm
In peacetime some bury their fathers,

       F                      Gm
In war time some bury their son`s,

         Cm                       Cm Bb Cm
The dead are all labelled as martyrs,

           F                     Gm
And the living inherit the bullet and the gun.

[Chorus 2]

       Cm                           
Securing the peace then preparing for war,

               F                         Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,

       Cm                          
Securing the peace then preparing for war,

               F                         Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.

[Verse 2] N.C If religious crusade is your calling, N.C Ask your god if he`ll stop the bombs falling, N.C On the heads Of the poor that were shattered today, N.C They were wailing so load you can`t hear yourself think. [Chorus 3]

       Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,

               F                         Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,

       Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,

N.C And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for. [Verse 3] N.C A single death is tragic a million a statistic, N.C To say the war is fought for peace sounds cynically sadistic. [Saxophone Middle] Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm F Cm Cm Bb N.C Gm F [Verse 3] N.C Take your prayers and take your blaspheming,

               F                      Gm    F
Take the graves where the mothers are screaming,

     Cm                            Cm Bb Cm
You can`t convince me that you feel the loss,

         F                         Gm
The last real Christian you killed on the cross.

[Chorus 4]

     Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,

               F
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,

     Cm
Securing the peace while preparing for war,

               F
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.

[Verse 4]

          Cm                     Cm Bb Cm
And while the world plays hide and seek,

   F                  Gm
To cover up the violence,

         Cm                Cm Bb Cm               
Innocence claims the right to speak.

       F                  Gm
And guilty the right to silence.

[Saxophone Middle 2] Cm Cm F F Cm Cm F Gm [Outro] N.C Securing the peace while preparing for war, N.C Securing the peace while preparing for war,

     Cm
Securing The peace while preparing for war,

        F
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,

     Cm
Securing the peace when preparing for war,

N.C And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.