Handicap And Equality
Peter HammillVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}And add some stuff when on the A's (with another guitar or just add it withsome hands work), so it would be like this:The song goes like this:They may not be normal,{The same goes for the rest of the song}If Christ had been born defective to fulfil the Father's planwould he be as easily accepted as God made manor does the human value alterin the crippled human frame?Though the tongue and fingers faltermust we shut them out and shut them up,and shut the case and whisper 'such a shame...'That's how we shut them away.{Repeat the sequence - instrumental only}Most of us are lucky, free from accidents at birthbut their victims share our right to the inheritance of earth.For all their grunts, their stumps,their tumours, their eternal wheelchairs,we're the freaks, we're the inhumans,if we close our eyes and turn aside, pretendthat if we do they'll not be there....They've got to face it, so we've got to face it.Still they've got to live with itin a worlds we supposedly share.The end is a bit obscure to me. I am not very sure about all the chords, thisis only general and there may be some maj7 or sus4 everywhere, I never had timeto check it.Have fun (with such a song?)
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Arrangement source for Handicap And Equality by Peter Hammill
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
[Bm]
[A]
[Bm]
[A]
And add some stuff when on the A's (with another guitar or just add it with
some hands work), so it would be like this:
{sot} [Bm]
[A]
e --|-7------|-5----7-7-5---7-7-5--|
b --|-7------|-5----7-7-5---7-7-5--|
g --|-7------|-6-------------------|
d --|-9------|-7-------------------|
a --|-9------|-7-------------------|
e --|-7------|-5-------------------|{eot}
The song goes like this:
A[Bm]ll men are born equal at the mo[A]ment they arrive...
C[Bm]heck the limbs and senses we r[A]equire to survive.
[G] But some come deaf and dumb and blinded,
[F#m] some have damage to their brains:
[G] parents constantly reminded
t[F#m]hat they'll never play the normal [Em]children's games.
They may not be normal,
b[Bm]ut they're people just the same.
{The same goes for the rest of the song}
If Christ had been born defective to fulfil the Father's plan
would he be as easily accepted as God made man
or does the human value alter
in the crippled human frame?
Though the tongue and fingers falter
must we shut them out and shut them up,
and shut the case and whisper 'such a shame...'
That's how we shut them away.
{Repeat the sequence - instrumental only}
Most of us are lucky, free from accidents at birth
but their victims share our right to the inheritance of earth.
For all their grunts, their stumps,
their tumours, their eternal wheelchairs,
we're the freaks, we're the inhumans,
if we close our eyes and turn aside, pretend
that if we do they'll not be there....
They've got to face it, so we've got to face it.
Still they've got to live with it
in a worlds we supposedly share.
The end is a bit obscure to me. I am not very sure about all the chords, this
is only general and there may be some maj7 or sus4 everywhere, I never had time
to check it.
Have fun (with such a song?)The chord source is shown as supplied because its ChordPro syntax could not be parsed.