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Verse 1
(A minor) They said some men would
be warriors
Some men would be kings
Some men would be owners of land
And other man-made things
things
(F major) False love as (A minor) the eternal flame
Would move some (G major) to think in (A minor) ring (F major) s
And gold would be (A minor) our power
And (G major) other fool (E minor) ish (A minor) things (F major)
(A minor) (G major) (E minor) (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (G major)
And (F major) you who dream (A minor) of liberty
Must (G major) not yourselves (A minor) be fooled (F major)
Before you get to plea (A minor) for freedom
You've agreed (G major) to being ruled (F major)
(A minor) If the body stays a shackle
Then the mind (G major) (A minor) remains a chain (F major)
And that will link you to your (A minor) destiny
Where by other (G major) souls are slain
It won't take (A minor) long
It won't take (F major) too long (A minor) at all
Three men in (F major) a desert wander (A minor) ing
One is know (G major) ing and two
are scared (F major)
They say time is in (A minor) the river
Oh but the (G major) river is not there (F major)
Dry in spirit
Dry in (A minor) body
Two will lend (G major) themselves to death (F major)
And in grief one weeps (A minor) into his hands
And drink (G major) s his bitter tears (F major)
'cause it don't take long (A minor)
It don't (F major) take too long at all
No it don't take long (A minor)
(F major) You may say
I don't know what you're talking about
And I say (G major)
You mean to tell me that's all (A minor)
And I stand (F major) before you (A minor) now
I am hope (G major) ful in my rage (F major)
You know love has finally called (A minor) for me
I will not wilt (G major) upon its stage
(F major) But you know still smaller
than my (A minor) nightmare
Now do I print (G major) upon the page (F major)
And do we have to live inside (A minor) its walls
To identify (G major) the cage (F major)
'cause it takes so long (A minor)
Why does (F major) it take so long
And it takes so long (A minor)
You may say
(F major) I don't really care what
you're talking about
I'm gonna ask (G major) you
You trying to tell me you don't belong
(A minor) I (F major) am my mother's daugh (A minor) ter
But I have seen (G major) myself in (F major) you
It's this blessing that I follow (A minor) now
And so (G major) I must speak true
(F major) I dreamed of thousands dy (A minor) ing
It was you (G major) and you and you (F major)
And while the city sleeps so quietly (A minor)
There is something (G major) we must do
(F major) And it won't' take (A minor) long
It won't (F major) take too long at all
It won't take (A minor) long
May say
(F major) I don't know if I want to know
what you're getting at
It makes (G major) me want to say
So long (A minor) (F major) (A minor) (G major) (F major)
(A minor) (G major) (F major)
(A minor) (G major) (F major) (A minor) (G major)
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (G major)
Grief shall come in measures
Only grief alone (A minor) will know
(A minor) And you'll see it on your family
And on your own face (G major) it will grow
(A minor) Then they'll try to keep you hungry (C major)
And (A minor) they'll tell (G major) you to (A minor) eat snow (F major)
You know pride can be a moving (A minor) thing
If we learn (G major) the strength (A minor) of no (F major)
And it won't take (A minor) long
It won't take (F major) too long at all
No it won't take long (A minor)
(F major) You may say
I don't think this has anything to do with me
(G major) Did you ever think you could be wrong (A minor)
At noon (F major) on one day (A minor) coming
Human strength (G major) will fill the streets (F major)
Of every city on our planet
(A minor) Hear the sound (G major) of
angry feet (F major)
With business freezed up
in the harbour (A minor)
The kings will pull (G major) upon their (F major) hair
And the banks will shudder to a (A minor) halt
And the (G major) artists will be there (F major)
'cause it won't take (A minor) long
It won't take (F major) too long at all
No it won't take (A minor) long
And you may say
(F major) I don't think I can be a part of that
And it makes me (G major) want to say
Don't you want to see yourself that strong
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (D minor) (F major) (A minor) (G major)
Di (F major) vision between the peoples
(A minor) Will disappear (G major) that honoured day (F major)
And though oceans lie between (A minor) us
Lifted candles (G major) light the (F major) way
Half will join their hands by moonlight (A minor)
The rest un (G major) der the rising (F major) sun
As underneath the sun (A minor) and moon
A (G major) ritualed wailing has begun (F major)
And it won't take long (A minor)
It won't take (F major) too long at all
And it won't take long (A minor)
And you may say
I (F major) don't know how to be a part
of what you're talking about
And it (G major) makes me want to say
Come on (A minor)
Come (D minor) on (F major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (D minor) (F major) (A minor) (G major)
Oh beware (F major) you sagging (A minor) diplomats
For you will (G major) not hear one gun (F major)
And though our homes be
torn and (A minor) ran sacked
We will (G major) not be undone
(F major) For as we let ourselves
be bought (A minor)
We're gonna let (G major) ourselves be free (F major)
And if you think we stand alone
(A minor) Take a look around (G major) and you will see (F major)
We are chil (A minor) dren in the rafters
We are babies in the park
We are lovers at the movies
We are candles in the dark
(F major) We are changes (A minor) in the weather
We are snowflakes in July (F major)
We are (A minor) women grown together (F major)
We are men (A minor) who easily cry (F major)
We are (A minor) words no quickly spoken (F major)
We're the deep (A minor) er side of try (F major)
We are (A minor) dreamers in the making (F major)
We are (A minor) not afraid of why
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It Won't Take Long
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