The Internationale
Billy BraggVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Stand up all victims of oppression
For the tyrants fear your might
Don't cling so hard to your possessions
For you have nothing if you have no rights
Let racist ignorance be ended
For respect makes the empires fall
Freedom is merely privilege extended
Unless enjoyed by one and all
So come brothers and sisters
For the struggle carries on
The Inter-national-
Unites the world in song
So come comrades and rally
For this is the time and place
The international ideal
Unites the human race
Let no one build walls to divide us
Walls of hatred or walls of stone
Come greet the dawn and stand beside us
We'll live together or we'll die alone
In our world poisoned by exploitation
Those who have taken, now they must give
And end the vanity of nations
We have but one world on which to live
And so begins the final drama
In the streets and in the fields
We stand unbowed before their armor
We defy their guns and shields
When we fight provoked by their aggression
Let us be inspired by life and love
For though they offer us concessions
Change will not come from above
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Readable chord sheet for The Internationale by Billy Bragg
Stand [A]up all victims of [D]oppression
For the [E7]tyrants fear your [A]might [E7]
Don't [A]cling so hard to your [D]possessions
For you have [E7]nothing if you have no[A] rights
Let [E]racist [B7]ignorance be [E]ended
For re[B7]spect makes the empires [E]fall[B7]
Freedom is [E]merely p[E7]rivilege [A]extended
Unless en[E]joyed by [B7]one and [E]all [E7]
So come [A]brothers and [D]sisters
For the s[E7]truggle carries [A]on [E7]
[A] [E7] [F#m] [C#7]
The Inter-national-[E]
U[D]nites the [B7]world in [E]song [E7]
So come [A]comrades and [D]rally
For this [E7]is the time and [A]place[A7]
The [F#7]internatio[Bm7]nal ideal
U[A]nites the [E7]human [A]race
Let no one build walls to divide us
Walls of hatred or walls of stone
Come greet the dawn and stand beside us
We'll live together or we'll die alone
In our world poisoned by exploitation
Those who have taken, now they must give
And end the vanity of nations
We have but one world on which to live
And so begins the final drama
In the streets and in the fields
We stand unbowed before their armor
We defy their guns and shields
When we fight provoked by their aggression
Let us be inspired by life and love
For though they offer us concessions
Change will not come from above