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Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti Part 2 by Joan Baez
Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti Part 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
This is more or less what she plays, i'd say less though
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[Intro]
Am D Am
Father, yes, I am a prisoner
C/G G C C/B
Fear not to relay my crime
Am Am/G F
The crime is loving the forsaken
Am Em Am
Only silence is shame
[Chorus]
Am Em
And now I'll tell you what's against us
F E
An art that's lived for centuries
Am Am/G F
Go through the years and you will find
Em Am
What's blackened all of history
[Verse]
N.C Am (Percussive Slapping)
Against us is the law with its immensity of strength and power
Am/G
Against us is the law!
Dm Am
Police know how to make a man A guilty or an innocent
Dm G
Against us is the power of police!
C Am
The shameless lies that men have told will ever more be paid in gold
Against us is the power of the gold!
Dm E Am
Against us is racial hatred and the simple fact that we are poor
[Chorus]
Am Em
My father dear, I am a prisoner
F E
Don't be ashamed to tell my crime
Am Am/G F
The crime of love and brotherhood
Em Am
And only silence is shame
[Verse]
N.C Am
With me I have my love, my innocence the workers, and the poor
(Percussive Slapping)
For all of this I'm safe and strong and hope is mine
Dm Am
Rebellion, revolution don't need dollars they need this instead
Dm G
Imagination, suffering, light and love and care for every human being
C/G
You never steal, you never kill you are a part of hope and life
Am
The revolution goes from man to man and heart to heart
Dm E
And I sense when I look at the stars that we are children of life
Am
Death is small
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