Key: F major
Intro 1
D
Verse 1
a military coup
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A
D
Behind it was a gang called the G.O.U.
Who did not feel the need to be elected
Verse 2
right of Atilla the Hun
Verse 3
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Bm
Yeah, just one shell and governments fall like flies,
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G
kapow, die
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They stumble and fall, bye bye
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Backs to the wall, aim high
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Eb
democracy dies
Verse 4
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Eb
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she was setting her sights
On making it in movies with
her name in lights
The greatest social climber
Verse 5
right friends
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D
And we all know a career depends
On knowing the right fella
Verse 6
G
Yeah, just one shell and governments lose their nerve,
kapow, die
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Bm
D
Bm
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A
Backs to the wall,
aim high
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G
That's how we get the
Verse 7
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D
Now the man behind the
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G
President calling the shots
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Eb
Involved so discreetly in a lot of
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D
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E
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Eb
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their plots
Was Colonel Juan Peron,
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G
would be dictator
Verse 8
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D
He began in the army out in Italy so
Saw Mussolini's rise from
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G
the very front row
D
Bm
D
Bm
D
sooner or later
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D
Yeah, just
Verse 9
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B
Bm
C
one blast and the tear gas falls like rain,
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G
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They haven't a chance, bye bye
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D
But one guy doesn't
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Eb
dirty his hands
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E
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Peron was
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C
biding time out in the slow lane
Verse 10
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C
the town of San Juan, kapow, die
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D
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Eb
They stumble and fall,
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E
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D
bye bye
Keep away from the wall
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G
The tragedy, a golden chance for Peron
Verse 11
A
He organized a concert with incredible flair
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C
In aid of all the victims,
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A
such a grand affair
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Politicians, actors,
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stars of every flavor
Verse 12
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Bb
A night to remember,
yeah, that's for sure
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F#
Peron first met Eva
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C#
For that's the night that
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A
Peron first met Eva
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