UB40 – Sins Of The Fathers (Guitar)

        G         C         D
        EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE

 G                       C
Once upon a time and not so long ago,

       D                                  C             G
When things were much more simple and time would travel slow,

                                         C
There came a righteous stranger with a bible in his hand,

     D                       C           G
To educate the sinners and liberate the land.

    G                         C
The sins of the fathers are visited from old,

        D                    C                G
In a never ending circle of people bought and sold,

                                  C
So the wretched of the earth will huddle from the cold,

       D                                C              G
As the ship of fools goes sailing on an ocean black as gold.

   G                              C 
So come and sit beside me and let my tale unfold,

          D                                 C           G
Of a land of milk and honey where the truth must not be told,

                                    C
As men of rhyme and reason let the devil take their soul,

      D                                C            G
For greed and fame and fortune and a river black as gold.

    G                         C
The sins of the fathers are visited from old,

        D                    C                G
In a never ending circle of people bought and sold,

                                  C
So the wretched of the earth will huddle from the cold,

       D                                C              G
As the ship of fools goes sailing on an ocean black as gold.

    G                            C
And all the non-believers were hiding from the light,

         D                          C               G
As a thousand burning crosses were scattered in the night,

                                   C 
The thieves and the vagabonds were sinking in the sand,

     D                                   C             G   
As a righteous lord and master stretches out a helping hand.

    G                         C
The sins of the fathers are visited from old,

        D                    C                G
In a never ending circle of people bought and sold,

                                  C
So the wretched of the earth will huddle from the cold,

       D                                C              G
As the ship of fools goes sailing on an ocean black as gold.

   G                             C
And those who had to suffer the sick the young the old,

       D                            C          G
Were sacrificed to fortune and left out in the cold,

                                C
So in this new arrangement the leaders sold their soul,

      D                               C            G                
For bangles beads and baubles and a river black as gold.

    G                         C
The sins of the fathers are visited from old,

        D                    C                G        
In a never ending circle of people bought and sold,

                                  C
So the wretched of the earth will huddle from the cold,

       D                                C              G
As the ship of fools goes sailing on an ocean black as gold.

    G                         C
The sins of the fathers are visited from old,

        D                    C                G
In a never ending circle of people bought and sold,

                                  C
So the wretched of the earth will huddle from the cold,

       D                                C              G
As the ship of fools goes sailing on an ocean black as gold.