The War Racket

The War Racket easy guitar chords by Buffy Sainte-marie

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Ooh you're 
    slick 

    You investors 
    in 
    hate 

    You 
    Saddams and 
    you Bushes 

    You Bin 
    Ladens and 
    snakes 

    You 
    billionaire 
    bullies 

    You're 
    globalized curse 

    You 
    put 
    war 
    on 
    the masses 
    while you 

    clean 
    out 
    the purse 

    Verse 2
    And that's 
    how it's 
    done 

    war 
    after 
    war 

    You old 
    feudal 
    parasites 

    just sacrifice 
    the poor 

    You've 
    got the 
    cutting 
    edge 
    weapons 

    But 
    your 
    scam's still 
    the same 
    as 

    it's 
    been since 
    the Romans 

    It's the 
    patriot 
    game 

    Verse 3
    It's the 
    war 
    racket 


    You 
    twisters 
    of language 

    You creeps 
    of 
    disguise 

    Your 
    disinformation 

    Like worms 
    in 
    your eyes 

    You 
    privileged 
    bankers 

    You gambler 
    thieves 

    You 
    profit 
    on 
    war 

    There's 
    less 
    money 
    in 
    peace 

    Verse 4
    That's 
    how 
    it's done 
    time 
    after 
    time 

    Country 
    after 
    country, 

    crime 
    after 
    crime 

    You pretend 
    it's religion 

    and there's 
    no one 
    to blame 

    For the 
    dead 
    and impoverished 

    in your 
    little 
    patriot 
    game 

    Verse 5
    Honey, 
    that's 
    the 
    war 
    racket 


    Got the 
    world's 
    greatest 
    power 

    and 
    you team 
    up with 
    thugs 

    Make 
    a fortune 
    on 
    weapons, 

    destruction 
    and 
    drugs 

    But 
    your flags 
    and 
    boots 
    and uniforms 

    start 
    to all 
    look 
    the same 

    When both 
    sides 
    are killing 

    in the 
    patriot 
    game 

    It's 
    the war racket 

    Verse 6
    And that's 
    how it's 
    done, 

    and you've 
    got 
    our 
    sons 

    In the 
    cross- 
    hairs 
    of horror 

    at the 
    end 
    of a gun

    And your 
    national 
    anthems 

    start 
    to 
    all smell 
    the 
    same 

    When 
    all 
    sides 
    are 
    dying 

    in the 
    patriot 
    game 

    It's 
    the 
    war 
    racket 

    Verse 7
    And 
    war 
    is never, 
    ever 
    holy 

    It's just 
    a greedy 
    men's 
    dream 

    And 
    you two- 
    faced 
    crusaders 

    Both 
    sides 
    are obscene 

    War's 
    not 
    made 
    by God 

    War's 
    made by 
    men 

    Who 
    misdirect 
    our 
    attention 
    while 
    you 

    thieves 
    do 
    your thing 

    Verse 8
    And that's 
    how it's 
    done 

    About 
    every 
    thirty 
    years 

    The rich 
    fill 
    their coffers 

    The 
    poor 
    fill 
    with tears 

    The young 
    fill 
    the 
    coffins 

    The old 
    hang 
    wreath 

    The 
    politicians 
    get 
    photographed 

    with 
    their 
    names 
    underneath 

    Verse 9
    It's the 
    war 
    racket 

    It's 
    the 
    patriot 
    game 

    It's the 
    war 
    racket 


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