Babylon System

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
We r[C]efuse to be     [AM7]
What you [C]wanted us t[AM7]o be;
[DM7]We are what we are:
[DM7]That's the w[C]ay (way) it's g[G]oing to [C]be. If you do[G]n't know!
[C]You can't ed[AM7]ucate I
For no e[DM7]qual opportunity:
(Talkin' 'bout my freedom) [F]Talkin' 'bout my freedom,
People [C]freedom (freedom) and[G] li[C]bert[G]y!
Yeah, we've been [C]trodding on the winepress [AM7]much too long:
[DM7]Rebel, [G7]rebel!
Yes, we've been [C]trodding on the winepress [AM7]much too long:
[DM7]Rebel, [G7]rebel!

[G]Babylon system is the v[F]ampire, yea! ([C]vampire)
Su[F]ckin' the children day by [C]day, yeah[G]!
[G]Me say: de Babylon system is the v[F]ampire, falling [C]empire,
Su[F]ckin' the blood of the suffe[C]rers, y[G]ea-ea-ea-ea-e-ah!
[G]Building church and univ[F]ersity, wo-o-[C]ooh, yeah! -
De[F]ceiving the people contin[C]ually, yea[G]-ea!
[G]Me say them graduatin' thieves and murd[F]erers;   [C]
Look out now: [F]they suckin' the blood of the suffe[C]rers (sufferers).
Yea-ea-ea! ([G]sufferers)

[G]Tell the children the[G] truth;
[C]Tell the children th[AM7]e truth;
[D]Tell the children the [G]truth right now!
[G]Come on and tell the [G]children the truth;
[C]Tell the children the[AM7] truth;
[G]Tell the children the[G] truth;
[C]Tell the children the[AM7] truth;
[G]Come on and [D]tell the children the[G] truth.

[G]'Cause - 'cause we've been [C]trodding on ya winepress [AM7]much too long:
[DM7]Rebel, [G7]rebel!
And we've been [C]taken for granted [AM7]much too long:
[DM7]Rebel, [G7]rebel now!

(Trodding on the winepress) Trodding on the winepress (rebel):
got to rebel, y'all (rebel)!
We've been trodding on the winepress much too long - ye-e-ah! (rebel)
Yea-e-ah! (rebel) Yeah! Yeah!

From the very day we left the shores (trodding on the winepress)
Of our Father's land (rebel),
We've been trampled on (rebel),
Oh now! (we've been oppressed, yeah!) Lord, Lord, go to ...

[*Sleeve notes continue:
Now we know everything we got to rebel
Somebody got to pay for the work
We've done, rebel.]