Ariran

Ariran easy guitar chords by Pete Seeger

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    • Verse 1
    About 
    400 years 
    ago, 

    there was a 
    very despotic 
    emperor 

    in Korea. 

    He was hanging 
    people right 

    and left who opposed 
    him. 

    And the legend is 
    that 10 
    ,000 people were 

    hung by him 

    from the top 
    of a 
    tall pine 
    tree 

    on 
    the top of 
    the hill of Arirang, 

    which is 
    outside Seoul. 

    One 
    of the men condemned 
    to death, 


    as he marched 
    his last mile, 

    he sang 
    a song saying 

    how much he loved 
    his country, 

    how beautiful 
    it was, 

    how 
    he hated to say 
    goodbye to it. 

    It was 
    picked up 
    by the 
    other prisoners, 

    and it 
    became 
    a tradition 
    in Korea 

    that 
    any man 
    ever condemned 
    to death 

    had a 
    right to sing 
    this 
    song 

    before 
    his execution. 

    Well, like many 
    a folk song, 

    it spread 
    through the 
    country, 

    it had 
    verses added 
    to 
    it, 

    and different 
    variations 
    on 
    the melody. 

    About 
    40 years ago, 

    when Japan 
    took 
    over Korea 

    and 
    tried to make 
    a colony out 
    of it, 

    they 
    abolished 
    the singing, 

    made it a prison 
    offense 

    to 
    sing the national 
    anthem of 
    Korea 

    or any 
    patriotic 
    songs. 

    And 
    Ari
    rang 
    be
    came 
    kind 

    of an unofficial 
    anthem. 

    It was sung 
    by the guerrillas 


    who fought in the hills 

    again
    st the 
    fas
    cists. 

    And 
    today it's sung 
    in both 

    North and South 
    Korea, 

    a 
    symbol of unity 

    in an 
    otherwise divided country. 

    Arir
    ang, 
    Arirang, 
    Arirang, 

    cross
    ing the 
    hills 
    of Ari
    rang 
    -o. 

    In 
    my homeland 
    of 
    three 
    thousand 
    leagues, 

    peace 
    and 
    abundance will 
    flower 
    at 
    last. 

    Arir
    ang, 
    Ari
    rang, 
    Arir
    ang, 

    crossing 
    the 
    hills 
    of Arir
    ang. 

    Oh, 
    my 
    countrymen, 

    why are 
    your voices 
    hushed, 

    only 
    the 
    water
    fall
    s and 

    fountains 
    sing 
    free? 

    A 
    -dee 
    -da 
    -da -dee 
    -da 
    -da 
    -da 
    -dee 
    -oh 

    Crossing 
    the 
    hills 
    of 
    A 

    -dee -da 
    -no 

    Numberless 
    are 
    the stars 

    blinking 
    in the 
    night 

    End
    less 
    the 
    sorrow 
    we 

    know 
    in 
    our 
    life. 

    Arir
    ang, 
    Arir
    ang, 
    Ari
    r
    ang. 

    Cross
    ing 
    the 
    hills 
    of 
    Arirang. 

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