Key: E minor
Intro 1
C#m
Verse 1
C#m
We lie by the river, we lie at the keel
A
B
We lie by the water,
E
G#m
and we lie upon the hill
C#m
We die by the river, we die at the kill
A
B
We die by the water
My family is from there,
my grandfather worked in the mill
B
E
G#m
and bought a place upon the hill
C#m
Him with his colour, him with his skin
A
B
Was the first of his kind,
C#m
E
B
never pushed his way in
G#m
C#m
Socrates
A
B
Brought to your knees
E
G#m
A
B
Once or twice a gen eration
Socrates
G#m
C#m
A
B
Shame and pride
C#m
C#
C#m
of a na tion
My mother, she left her,
her brothers did too
B
E
G#m
if you know what's good for you
A
C#m
most of them leave
A
B
Nobody misses them
A
B
as they pitch your cheeks and
C#m
C#
C#m
they pull your hair
A
B
You're gonna prove them wrong,
C#m
C#
you see
C#m
A
B
You gotta go away and be
C#m
C#
C#m
E
B
G#m
C#m
happy
A
B
Savatees, brought to your knees,
E
G#m
once or twice a gen eration
A
B
G#m
C#m
A
B
C#m
C#
Savatees, shame and pride of the na tion
C#m
A
C#m
A
B
E
G#m
C#m
A
B
C#m
After I was my grandfather's
old American flag
A
B
But nothing will come of years,
E
G#m
nor to liberals or fags
C#m
C#
C#m
You're gonna go nowhere
A
B
As they pinch your cheeks
C#m
C#
C#m
A
and they pull your hair
C#m
C#
C#m
C#
C#m
it was the age
A
B
Well, this is my time,
C#m
C#
C#m
this is my rage
A
B
C#m
Oh, the sun is rising
A
B
C#m
C#
C#m
A
Even when I feel black again
B
C#m
Oh, through my tears
A
B
C#m
A Saga
Saga
E
Tears
B
Saga
G#m
Tears
C#m
Tears
A
Saga
E
G#m
Once or twice a gen eration
A
Saga
Tears
G#m
Saga
C#m
Tears
A
B
C#
C#m
Shame and pride of nation of a nation
A
B
We lie up the hill, we lie by the water,
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