Key: A major
Intro 1
G
Dsus4
D
C
D
G
Verse 1
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
G
why didn't we hear it?
Dsus4
D
"Mercy, mercy," why did we read it buried on
C
D
G
the last page of our morning papers?
The plan was drafted,
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
drafted in secret.
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
D
C
D
driven to the rum trade for the army that they created.
D
G
F
it was dollars that paid them.
C
Verse 2
G
C
Dsus4
D
was done in our name.
Dsus4
D
in mer cenary heydays.
Dsus4
G
When they're so apt to wrap themselves
D
C
And find that they are able to
fighters for freedom.
D
Verse 3
G
Please forgive us,
F
C
G
we don't know what was done.
Please forgive us,
F
C
G
we didn't know.
Could you ever forgive us?
F
C
D
I don't know how you could.
Dsus4
G
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
G
Dsus4
D
tion.
Interlude 1
D
G
F
C
G
Verse 4
D
F
C
G
we didn't know.
Could you ever believe that
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C
G
we didn't know?
F
C
G
F
Please forgive us, we didn't know.
C
G
I wouldn't blame you if you never could,
and you never will.
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F
C
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ChordsG Dsus4 D C F
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