Kinky's History Lesson Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]Dea[Fm]r Kin[C]ky Fried[Am]man,[G][C]
[Fm]I read what you wrote
[C]Nev[G]ill[C]e Chamberlain surrender monkeys - yup,
that was your [G]quote
Well, we all say stupid [Fm]things sometimes,
so here with my bless[C]ing[Fm]
Kinky Fried[C]man,
[G]this is your history lesson
[C]

[Verse 2]
Chamberlain de[Am]clared [C]war [G]on
the 3rd of [C]September
[G]The US wasn't involved,
[C]as I rem[G]ember
And after Poland [Fm]fell,
then Belgium and [C]France[Fm]
Britain stood [C]alone[G]
with barely a chance
[C]

[Verse 3]
We faced Hitler down,
[E]he unlea[B]shed the bli[E]tz[Am]
A hundred nine elev[E]ens
that left London in [Am]bit s
But we never caved in[F],
Britain never sur[C]rendered[Fm]
No petition for [C]peace, Kinky,
[G]was ever fuckin' tendered
[C]

[Verse 4]
Oh, Kinky [F]Friedman
Dude, quit your mess[C]in'
And listen up [G]good
This is your history lesson
[C]

[Verse 5]
[Am]Roosevelt helped [C]us[Fm]
with armaments and [C]food
His vision was sure and his
policy [G]good
He'd have brought [Fm]the USA
into the war on our [C]side[Fm]
[C]But the [G]isolationists had
both his hands tied
[C]

[Verse 6]
Stay out, stay [E]out was your
public's demand
[Am]Till Japan hit Pearl Harbo[E]ur
and that forced your [Am]hand
Then your boys fought like [F]lions
but so the hell did [C]ours[Fm]
And only an [C]as shole, Kinky,
[G]could call the British cow[C]ards

[Verse 7]
Oh, Kinky [F]Friedman
Take some quiet time [C]processing
These words of [G]mine
Your history les[C]son

[Verse 8]
[Fm]
And here's a casualty count for you to muse upon,
[C]man
Military personnel and civilians
Killed [G]in the theatre of World
War [C]two
USA: four hundred and nineteen
thousand and four [Fm]hundred
[C]Great Britain: four hundred and fifty
thousand and nine [G]hundred
And just to keep perspective
[C]
USSR: twenty- seven million...
[Fm]or thereabouts

[Verse 9]
Yeah, war is no [C]joke
And my friend [F]you [G]misspoke
Or so I'm [C]guessin'
But take this well, [F]buddy
And may it ease [C]your soul
Kinky [G]Friedman this has been
Your history lesson
[C][F][C]