Let Us Begin – John Denver
Nghệ sĩ: John Denver
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
Chords for the song "Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)" by John Denver
From the album "One World" (1986)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/jFGUZaGmCNw
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/4aoI3tdLx9rezljFzdhw2a?si=573dbb78448a41d5
Intro
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Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
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I am the son of a grassland farmer
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Western Oklahoma nineteen forty three
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I always felt grateful to live in the land of the free
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I gave up my father to South Korea
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The mind of my brother to Vietnam
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Now there's a banker who says I must give up my land
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There are four generations of blood in this topsoil
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Four generations of love on this farm
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Before I give up I would gladly give up my right arm
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What are we making weapons for
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Why keep on feeding the war machine
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We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
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Take it away from the hands of the poor
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Tell me, what are we making weapons for
Instrumental
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Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
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I had a son and my son was a soldier
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He was so like my father, he was so much like me
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To be a good comrade was the best that he dreamed he could be
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He gave up his future to revolution
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His life to a battle that just can't be won
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For this is not living, to live at the point of a gun
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I remember the nine hundred days of Leningrad
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The sound of the dying, the cut of the cold
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I remember the moments I prayed I would never grow old
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What are we making weapons for
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Why keep on feeding the war machine
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Take it away from the hands of the poor
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Tell me, what are we making weapons for
Instrumental
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Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
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For the first time in my life I feel like a prisoner
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A slave to the ways of the powers that be
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And I fear for my children, as I fear for the future I see
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Tell me how can it be we're still fighting each other
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What does it take for a people to learn
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If our song is not sung as a chorus, we surely will burn
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What are we making weapons for
ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Why keep on feeding the war machine
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Take it away from the hands of the poor
ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
Outro
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Have we forgotten
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All the lives that were given
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All the vows that were taken
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Saying never again
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Now for the first time
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
This could be the last time
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If peace is our vision
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Let us begin
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Have we forgotten
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
All the lives that were given
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
All the vows that were taken
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
Saying never again, never again
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Now for the first time
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
This could be the last time
ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch
If peace is our vision
ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Let us begin, let us begin