Key: C minor
Verse 1
D#
G#m
G#sus4
G#
G#m
The story's
told of how in 1942
D#
With a band of partisans threw in his lot
Till he was taken by
the Germans to be shot
F#
At every village celebration he'd be there
B
E
With his songs they're told
of sadness and of joy
C#m
D#
And the guitar he carried
with him everywhere
his wife and son
Abm
Ab
This song is for those
Db
Ab
who are cast out by history
Db
Ab
the spurned and ignored
Whose homes have been taken,
Db
Ab
whose dreams have been broken,
Db
Ab
Abm
Absus4
to be heard.
G#
G#m
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
B
E
The German soldier checked his watch
and said, one hour
C#m
D#
One hour, Martin remarked, that long
to raise the dead
Db
Ab
who were cast out by history,
whose dreams have been broken,
C#
G#
G#m
G#sus4
Ab
demand to be heard.
Ab
Eb
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,
D#
C#m
two parties and set out
and gave it wings to fly
And so it soared upon the wind
among the damned and
Abm
dispossessed
Db
Ab
who were cast out by history
The banned and abandoned,
B
Db
the spurned and ignored
Db
Ab
whose dreams have been broken
Db
G#m
G#sus4
demand to be heard
G#
G#m
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
Ab
Abm
It is not with conquering armies I belong
Dbm
Gb
B
Their bloody retribution I disown
E
Dbm
Their songs of triumph I will never sing,
turns them into stone.
If any teach their children
G#m
D#
how to hate and hurt,
Though they are Jews
C#
G#
who are cast out by history,
The banned and abandoned,
B
C#
the spurned and ignored,
G#
F#
Who huddled on hillsides,
C#
G#
demand to be heard.
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD# G#m G#sus4 G# C#m...
More songs by Leon Rosselson
Discover chords for more songs to play
4.7
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users