1st World chords by Barry Dread

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Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) With the permission of
the ancestors,
Bm 
 (B minor) we'd love to salute you.
Am 
 (A minor) You are the creators of
Em 
a great civil (E minor) ization
that laid the foundation of this
world.
You gave the world its first writings,
Bm 
it (B minor) s first history.
Am 
And it should  (A minor) nev er, ever,
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be  (E minor) forgotten.  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
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 (C major) It's like a  (E minor) thief in the night,  (C major) 
Em 
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they came,  (E minor) they came  (C major) 
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Rob (E minor) bing everything they  (C major) can,
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tak (E minor) ing everything they  (C major) can
Em 
Like  (E minor) our history, our culture,
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Em 
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 (C major) they took it away  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
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They took  (E minor) away our  (C major) history,
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tortured  (E minor) us with  (C major) brutality
Em 
What gives them the  (E minor) right
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to  (C major) take our lives?  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
For diamonds and  (E minor) pearls,
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they  (C major) wanna rule the world  (E minor) 
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 (C major) They take us from front  (E minor) of  (C major) the street
Em 
to places at  (E minor) the back
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Em 
Yeah,  (C major) and all the time  (E minor) we're
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Em 
 (C major) still under at (E minor) tack
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Am 
And  (C major) woah,  (A minor) oh, oh,
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why  (E minor) they  (C major) call like bird world
Em 
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 (E minor) Why  (C major) do they lie
Em 
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 (E minor) when they  (C major) know we're first  (E minor) world  (C major) 
Em 
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Why  (E minor) they  (C major) call life third world
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 (E minor) Why  (C major) do they lie  (E minor) 
C 
when  (C major) they know we're
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first world  (E minor)  (C major) 
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What  (E minor) about the great university
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 (C major) of Timbuktu  (E minor) 
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Built  (C major)  (E minor) before them
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 (C major) even were  (E minor) shoes
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What  (C major) about the  (E minor) great Himalay (C major) a
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and the temples  (E minor) of Luxor?  (C major) 
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And they're  (E minor) just finding out (C major) 
Em 
that the world is  (E minor) round
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Oh,  (C major) why  (A minor)  (E minor) they  (C major) call
Em 
life third world?  (E minor) 
C 
 (C major) Why do they lie
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 (E minor) when they know  (C major) we're
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first world?  (E minor)  (C major) 
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Why  (E minor) they  (C major) call that third world?  (E minor) 
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 (C major) Why do they  (E minor) lie
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when they  (C major) know we're
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first world?  (E minor)  (C major) 
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First,  (E minor) first, first, first  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
First,  (E minor) first, first, first
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Em 
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 (C major) Oh, oh, oh  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
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Oh, oh,  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) oh  (C major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
What about all  (E minor) the mathematic
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 (C major) al and equilateral shapes?  (E minor)  (C major) 
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Long  (E minor) before Py (C major) thagoras was  (E minor) laid
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Em 
What  (C major) about our  (E minor) ethical
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principles  (C major) and duality?  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
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Oh yeah, long  (E minor) before they  (C major) 
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knew about  (E minor) greed  (C major) 
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Why  (E minor) they  (C major) call I third world
Em 
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 (E minor) Why  (C major) do they lie
Em 
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 (E minor) when  (C major) they know we're
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first world  (E minor)  (C major) 
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Why  (E minor) they  (C major) call I third world
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Em 
 (E minor) Why  (C major) do they  (E minor) lie
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when they  (C major) know we're first world