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Let Us Begin by John Denver
Let Us Begin
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
| D | D | D | D |
[Verse 1]
D D
I am the son of a grassland farmer
D D G
Western Oklahoma nineteen forty three
G G D D A
I always felt grateful to live in the land of the free
D D
I gave up my father to South Korea
D D G
The mind of my brother to Vietnam
G G D A7
Now there's a banker who says I must give up my land
D D
There are four generations of blood in this topsoil
D D G
Four generations of love on this farm
G G D D
Before I give up I would gladly give up my right arm
[Chorus]
A A D
What are we making weapons for
Bm G A D
Why keep on feeding the war machine
A A D
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
A A D
Take it away from the hands of the poor
G D A D
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
[Instrumental]
| D | D | D | D |
[Verse 2]
D D
I had a son and my son was a soldier
D D G
He was so like my father, he was so much like me
G G D D A
To be a good comrade was the best that he dreamed he could be
D D
He gave up his future to revolution
D D G
His life to a battle that just can't be won
G G D A7
For this is not living, to live at the point of a gun
D D
I remember the nine hundred days of Leningrad
D D G
The sound of the dying, the cut of the cold
G G D D
I remember the moments I prayed I would never grow old
[Chorus]
A A D
What are we making weapons for
Bm G A D
Why keep on feeding the war machine
A A D
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
A A D
Take it away from the hands of the poor
G D A D
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
[Instrumental]
| D | D | D | D |
[Verse 3]
D D
For the first time in my life I feel like a prisoner
D D G
A slave to the ways of the powers that be
G G D A7
And I fear for my children, as I fear for the future I see
D D
Tell me how can it be we're still fighting each other
D D G
What does it take for a people to learn
G G D D
If our song is not sung as a chorus, we surely will burn
[Chorus]
A A D
What are we making weapons for
Bm G A D
Why keep on feeding the war machine
A A D
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
A A D
Take it away from the hands of the poor
G D A D D
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
[Outro]
D A D G6 D D
Have we forgotten
D A D G6 D D
All the lives that were given
D A D G6 D D
All the vows that were taken
D A Asus4 A
Saying never again
G Em D D
Now for the first time
D A D G6 D D
This could be the last time
D A D G6 D A
If peace is our vision
A7 D
Let us begin
D A D G6 D D
Have we forgotten
D A D G6 D D
All the lives that were given
D A D G6 D D
All the vows that were taken
D A Asus4 A
Saying never again, never again
G Em D D
Now for the first time
D A D G6 D D
This could be the last time
D A D G6 D A
If peace is our vision
A7 D A7 D A7 D
Let us begin, let us begin
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