Know Your History Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
You want to take [Em]a stand
You haven't made a plan
[C]Your new crusades bring [D]misery
[Em]Better know your history

[Verse 2]
You spot your war [Em]disease
Bring this nation to its knees
[C]The largest debt we've [D]ever seen
[Em]Better know your[G] history

[Verse 3]
Under the burning [Em]sun
Another dead her[G]o
This road we're walking [Em]on
To reap what we have sown
[C](Oh[G]) Lockdown, lockdow[Em]n,
here we go [C]again[G]

[Verse 4]
[Em]Foreign aid with strings attached
Cut down on the working class
[C]The World Bank creeps
[D]In sheep's clothing
[Em]Better know your history

[Verse 5]
The masses, so dent and [Em]blind
We're back to the Roman times
[C]The truth [G]is now [D]the en[G]emy
[Em]Better know your history

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 6]
My [C]fam[D]ily lived [G]through [Am]both re[B]gimes
The [C]rising [Am]tide [G]of lies
[Am]and mass de[B]ceit
They'll [C]tell you [Am]what to think
And what to [B]say Know your [C]his[Am] tory[D]

[Verse 7]
[Em]You send the poor to fight
Then praise the religious right
A [C]sacrilegious [D]blasphemy
[Em]Better know your history

[Verse 8]
An empire of greedy [Em]thieves
Bring the nation to its knees
[C]The new [D]world [Em]corporatocracy
Better know your history
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[Verse 9]
[Am]Hist[Em]ory
For the [C]past [G]to repeat
[D]Is your des[Em]tiny
History
I [C]know we're going [G]to pay
[D]To [G]history

[Outro 1]
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