Key: C minor
Verse 1
C
Fm
Fsus4
F
Fm
The story's
told of how in 1942
Till he was taken by
the Germans to be shot
Eb
At every village celebration he'd be there
Ab
Db
With his songs they're told
of sadness and of joy
Bbm
C
And the guitar he carried
with him everywhere
his wife and son
Fm
F
This song is for those
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F
who are cast out by history
Bb
F
the spurned and ignored
Whose homes have been taken,
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F
whose dreams have been broken,
Bb
F
Fm
Fsus4
to be heard.
F
Fm
The German soldier
As it happened,
And this bond, it seems,
To offer Martin one last wish
Soon my soul, Martin said,
my farewell song
Ab
Db
The German soldier checked his watch
and said, one hour
Bbm
C
One hour, Martin remarked, that long
to raise the dead
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F
who were cast out by history,
whose dreams have been broken,
Bb
F
Fm
Fsus4
F
demand to be heard.
F
C
abract of what he'd done,
And showed it proudly
when in drink to everyone
That a song cannot take root
And then one night,
C
Bbm
two parties and set out
and gave it wings to fly
And so it soared upon the wind
among the damned and
Fm
dispossessed
Bb
F
who were cast out by history
The banned and abandoned,
Ab
Bb
the spurned and ignored
Bb
F
whose dreams have been broken
Bb
Fm
Fsus4
demand to be heard
F
Fm
Though we resist oppression,
Theirs is the mask of hatred,
Then let not our sufferings
So that we do to strangers
what was done to us
F
Fm
It is not with conquering armies I belong
Bbm
Eb
Ab
Their bloody retribution I disown
Db
Bbm
Their songs of triumph I will never sing,
turns them into stone.
If any teach their children
Fm
C
how to hate and hurt,
Though they are Jews
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F
who are cast out by history,
The banned and abandoned,
Ab
Bb
the spurned and ignored,
F
Eb
Who huddled on hillsides,
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F
demand to be heard.
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