Father You Should Have Killed Hitler Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G5][G][G5][G][G5][G][G5][G]

[Verse 1]
My father [G]lived in Ger
[G5]many[G] before the war [D]in 1[G]933[E][D][E][D][G][G5][G]
He [G5]was a[G] v[G5]iolin[G]ist in Berlin's
[D]mos[G]t popular cab[E]aret[D][G]
"You watched the [G5]tide
[G]turn dirty [Bb]brown
weren't [G]you [C]afraid
you were [F]gonna drown
[Bb]in your [F]orch[G]estr[F]ap[G]it
[E]while sailor[D]girls sang
[E5]through [Bb]the night
those [G]silly [Bb]lovesong
[C]s in the l[D]imelight
how could you stand [G]it?"

[Verse 2]
Bert Brecht [G]already left the land
from cab[D]aret[G]s so many
[E]had been [G]banned
the first had been [G5]killed [G]by the crowd
you couldn't hear the music
[D]was[E] too lou[G]d
you should have sold your violin
[Gm]or t[Bb]raded it in[C]
[F]for a [G]gun
rather than [E]fiddling the refrain
[Bb]doing cocain[C]e
and charming [D]ev'ryone

[Verse 3]
[Eb]
You [F]should have killed [Bb]Hitler
you know you [Eb]would have been [C5]right
[C]why did[Bb]n't you fig[G]ht?[G5]
You should [Eb]have [Bb]killed
[C5]Hitler[G]
you [Eb]didn't see be[F]hind the cur[Bb]tain
you [Eb]didn't [C5]try t[Bb]o stop that [G]show
was it so [Eb]nice your [Bbm]Third-
[Bb]Reich- paradise
where [B5]the sailorgirls
sang: Deutschland, Deutschland [Eb]über alles
[E]tra[F#5]lala, wun[G] de[E]rba[G5]r[G]
[A]no [A5]pan i[C5]c on the T[Eb]itanic[E][F#]
[F#5][E][F#5][G]

[Interlude 1]
[E][F#5][G][A][A5][C][D#][E][C][G]
[E]
[G][E][D]
[G]

[Verse 4]
you should have [G]sold your [Gm]violin
[Bb]or traded it in fo[C]r [F]a gun
[G]rather [Em]than [E]fiddling the refrain
[Bb]doing coca[C]ine
and charming [D]ev'ryone

[Verse 5]
[D#]You [F]should have killed H[Bb]itler
you know you [D#]would have been [C5]right
[C]why did[Bb]n't you fig[Gm]ht?[G5]
You [D#]should [Bb]have killed Hitler
[C5][C][G]
hey dad, you did[D#]n't see
be[F]hind the cur[Bb]tain
you [D#]did n't [C5]try t[C]o stop
[Bb]that show[G5]
was it so [D#]nice your Third-
[Bbm]Reich- [Bb]paradise
where the [B5]sailorgirls [B]sang:
Deutschland, Deutschland [D#]über alles[E]
[F#5]tralala, [G]wun[Em]derb[E]ar[G]
[A]no [B5]pan i[C]c on the T[Eb]i ta[E]nic[F#5]
[F#]feel[E] alrig[F#5]ht[G][Em][E][F#][G][A][B5]
[C]- w[Eb]hat a[E] n[F#5]ight[E][G][Em][E][G]
[A]no [B]pan[C]ic on [Eb]the Ti[E]tan
[F#5]ic[E][F#5][G][E][F#5][G]
[A]more [C]cha[Eb]mpag[E][F#]
[F#5]ne -mo[E]re c[Em]ocaine[G]
[E]no [G]pan[A]ic [C]on the Ti[Eb]tan ic[E][F#][F#5][E]
[Em]what [G]a n[E]igh[G]t - out of sight
[A]no [C]panic on [Eb]the Ti[E]tan [F#]ic
[F#5]tralal[E]a,[G][E][G][A][B][C][Eb]
[E]wun[F#]derbar[F#5][E][G][E][G]
[A]no pan[C]ic...

[Outro 1]
[D#][E][F#5][E][F#5][G]
[E][F#5][G][A][B][C][D#][E][E]