History will teach us nothing chords by
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Key: A minor
Intro 1
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If
Verse 1
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we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past
Security in human systems we're
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told will always always last
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Emotions are the sail and
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blind faith is the mast
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Without the breath of real freedom
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we're getting nowhere fast
Verse 2
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If God is dead and an actor plays his part
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His words of fear will find a
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place in your heart
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Without the voice of reason every
faith is its own curse
Without freedom from the past things
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can only get worse
Verse 3
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Sooner or later just like the world
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first day
Sooner or later we learn
to throw the past away
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Sooner or later just like
the world first day
Sooner or later we learn
to throw the past away
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Sooner or later we learn
to throw the past away
Verse 4
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History will teach us nothing
Verse 5
History will teach us nothing
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Our written history is
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a catalog of crime
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The sordid and the powerful,
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the architects of time
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The mother of invention,
the oppression of the mild
The constant fear of scarcity,
aggression as its child
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Verse 6
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Verse 7
Sooner or later
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Convince an enemy,
convince him that he's wrong
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Is to win a bloodless battle
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where victory is long
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A simple act of faith
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In reason over might
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To blow up his children will
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only prove him right
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History will teach us nothing
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Sooner or later just like the
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world first day
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Sooner or later we learn to
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throw the past away
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Sooner or later just like the
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world first day
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Sooner or later we learn to throw
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the past away
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Sooner or later we learn
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to throw the past away
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History
Verse 8
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will teach us nothing
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History will teach us nothing
Verse 9
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Know your human rights
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Be what you come here for
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Know your human rights
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Be what you come here for
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Know your human rights
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Be what you come here for
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Know your
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human rights
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Be what you come here for
Outro 1
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