4.SONG: LET ME HELP THE WORLD
Intro F#m C# F#m C# 2x
VERSE 1
F#m
I hear the voices...
F#m7
They haunt me still
D
No easy choices/
C#7
I had the will/
F#m
They call me liar/
F#m7
and curse my name!/
D
Those Harvard fags don’t have my fire/
C#7
I don’t have time for games!/
CHORUS
D D#dim
Let me help the world!/
D D#dim
This is war, not peace!
D
D#dim
If they go with Jack/
D D#dim
our good times will cease!/
D D#dim
I just want to "serve"/
D D#dim
save my brothers' souls/
D D#dim
Jack has some damn nerve/
D F#m
he has childish goals!
INTERLUDE
F#m C# F#m C# 2x
VERSE 2
F#m
I wore three stripes/
F#m7
the boy wore two/
D
I smoke no pipes/
C#7
like Harvard men do!/
F#m
The country’s bleedin’/
F#m7
your men are dyin’/
D
you need strong leadin’/
C#7
Richard the Lion!
CHORUS
D D#dim
Let me help the world!/
D D#dim
This is war, not peace!
D D#dim
If they go with Jack/
D D#dim
our good times will cease!/
D D#dim
I just want to "serve"/
D D#dim
save my brothers' souls/
D D#dim
Jack has some damn nerve/
D F#m
he has childish goals!
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5. SONG: BRAVERY
Intro Dm A#/D Dm A#/D Em C/E Em C/E
NIXON
Em
The time for talk is done
C/E
You have to ante up
Em
In the face of the enemy's gun
C/E
Will you drink from a bitter cup?
Em Em9
They taught me a phrase in Caracas—
Em7 Em6
Si me chingues, te corto los huevos!
Em Em9
Don't wait for the translation
Em7 Em6
You and I -- we may just come to blows!
Em
You need a friend
Em
who will see you through to the end
C#/E
Just a little Quaker plea—
C/E
Don't fuck with me!
Em
Get in my head/puff me up nice and big/
Em
make me see red, get me dancing your jig!/
C#/E
Admire your bravery/
C/E
but don't fuck with me!
KING
Em C(b5)
May your enemies be blessed--
Em C(b5)
If this is how you treat a friend in distress!
NIXON
Dm/A A#
Nothing I do will be ever enough for you--
Dm/A A#
No more lying and trying to hide it!
Cm/G G#
You people cannot face the truth--
Cm/G G#
This house stays always divided!
INTERLUDE
Dm A#/D Dm A#/D Em C/E Em C/E
V2
KING
Em
So now the wicked truth
C/E
Drips from your scowling mouth...
Em
The two-faced Yank will dance his
C/E
two-step with Lady South!
Em Em9
They taught me a phrase in the courthouse—
Em7 Em6
"The 14th amendment is real!"
Em Em9
Jim Crow's gonna lose in his lawsuit--
Em7 Em6
Tomorrow he'll lose his appeal!
Em
I need a friend
Em
who will see me through to the end,
C#/E
Until you promise me--
C/E
I'll fuck with thee!
Em
Get in your head/
Em
cut you down right to size—
Em
prick at your conscience,
Em
dismember your lies!/
C#/E
Demolish your knavery/
C/E
yeah, I'll fuck with thee!
NIXON
Em C(b5)
Love gets fewer votes than fear,
Em C(b5)
Your harangues fall on deaf ears…
KING
Dm/A A#
Nothing I do will be ever enough for you--
Dm/A A#
No more lying and trying to hide it!
Cm/G G#
If power is your only goal,
Cm/G G#
The fire's stoked for your soul...
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6. SONG: ASK NOT
KENNEDY
Dm A#
Do you really think of me like that?
Dm A#
If the Negro is the mouse, am I the cat?
KING
Dm A#
Yes! The man who in hot times remains cool.
Dm A#
The man who fails to serve, but burns to rule.
KENNEDY
Dm A#
Men of God all say that they see clear.
Dm A#
But you need men of will to fight the fear.
KING
Dm A#
What’s the will you speak of?
Dm A#
You live to hate, you fear love.
KENNEDY
Dm A#
Then let me ask you...
VERSE 1
Dm A#
How much time does a man need?/
Dm7 A#M7
To change the world around him?/
Dm A#
How much life must a man bleed?/
Dm7 A#M7
Until his sins have drowned him?/
Dm A#
Half a life and then a kill shot/
Dm7 A#M7
Turns great men into ashes!/
Dm A#
Temporary peace is then bought/
Dm7 A#M7
Until the next of clashes.
CHORUS
Fm7 C# C7
Ask not for the easy path/
Fm7 C# C7
Ask not for the glory/
Fm7 C# C7
We are children of a civil wrath/
Fm7 C# C7
we won’t live to tell our story/
Gm7 D# D7
Av’rage men don’t know our great pain/
Gm7 D# D7
the stings of color and infirmity/
Gm7 D# D7
E--nough to drive the strong insane
Gm7 D# D7
we struggle till we reach eternity
VERSE 2
Dm A#
Do you trust a man who fiddles/
Dm7 A#M7
while all your brothers burn?/
Dm A#
Nixon is the greatest riddle/
Dm7 A#M7
who knows where his mind will turn?
Dm A#
Maybe I am not the ideal/
Dm7 A#M7
I am not in prison with you/
Dm A#
But I make a quiet appeal/
Dm7 A#M7
which of us to you sounds more true?
CHORUS
Fm7 C# C7
Ask not for the easy path/
Fm7 C# C7
Ask not for the glory/
Fm7 C# C7
We are children of a civil wrath/
Fm7 C# C7
we won’t live to tell our story/
Gm7 D# D7
Av’rage men don’t know our great pain/
Gm7 D# D7
the stings of color and infirmity/
Gm7 D# D7
E--nough to drive the strong insane
Gm7 D# D7
we struggle till we reach eternity
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