Nanking Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A5][G5][A5][F][Dm][Bb][G5]
[A5][G5][A5][F5][D5][Bb][G5]
[A5][Bb]
[A5]
[D5][Bb][A5]
[D5][Bb][F]
[A5][D5][Bb][A5]
[E5][A5][F][F5]
[A5][D5][C5][Dm][Bb][F][Eb5][A5][E5][A5]
[D5][A5][D5][Dm][E5]

[Verse 1]
[A5]Sadistic soldiers of the rising sun[E5][Bb5][A5]
1937's when [E5]the rape had [C]begun[D5]
[Bb]The anci[A5]ent city fell under
imperi[Bb]al rule
[Bb5]By an eng[A5]ine of war and lus[Bb5]t,
[E5]savage [C]and [Eb5]cruel
[Bb]As

[Verse 2]
[A5]sembly line efficiency
of killing ma[E5]chines
[A5]Unbridled fury of the [E5]sick and obsce[C]ne
[D5]Syst[Bb]emati[A5]c sexual degradation[E5]
[A5]The more perverse the greater
[E5]exal[C]ta t[D5]ion[Bb]

[Verse 3]
[A5]Nowhere to hide,[D5] nowhe[A5]re to run
[D5]They [Bb]turned the wa[C5]ters of
[D5]the Yangtze [Eb5]red with bl[Bb5]ood
[A5]Cast aside[D5] and b[A5]rutalized
[Bb]Terrific horror [C]made[D5] to terr[G5]orize

[Verse 4]
[Bb]Besti[G5]al an[Bb]d viol[A5]ent,
six [F5]weeks [G5]of suffer[A5]ing
So [Bb5]black [C]was [D5]the day [G5]they
[D5]marched [G5]through the gates
Their [F5]fate [C]was beck[G#5]oning
[G5]

[Verse 5]
[E5]Tank[Bb5]s ran [A5]over men nailed
to [E5]board[A5]s
Decapitations with an [E5]officer
[C]'s sword[D5][Bb]
[A5]Gang rape of women,
both the young and the [E5]old[Bb5]
[A5]Frozen to death in w[Bb5]aters ic[E5]e cold[C][D5]
[Bb]

[Verse 6]
[A5][Bb]
Disembowelment, some
are [A5]buried [E5]alive
Sui[A5]cide's preferred [Bb5]for
[E5]those who [C]sur[Eb5]vive[Bb]
[A5]The stench of corpses everywhere
in [Am]the street[E5]s[A5]
Dogs feast [Am]on th[E5]e rotting me[C]at[D5][Bb]

[Verse 7]
[A5]Nowhere to hide,[G5] nowhe[A5]re to run
[D5]They [Bb]turned the wa[C5]ters [C]of
[D5]the Yangtze [Eb5]red with bl[Bb5]ood[A5]
Cast [Bb5]aside [A5]and brutalized[G5]
[Bb]Terrific horro[C]r made[D5] to terror i[Eb5]ze
[G5]Bes

[Verse 8]
[Bb]ti a[A5]l and[G5] viol[Bb]ent,[A5]
six [F]weeks [F5]of suffer [G5]ing[A5]
[Bb5]So black was[C] the[D5] day the[G5]y
[D5]marched through the [G5]gates
Their [F5]fate [C]was [G#5]beck o[G5]ning
It was the rape of [Bb]Nank [A5]ing

[Interlude 1]
[A5][Am][A5][Am][A5][G5][A5]
[Bb][Gm][Bb][C][Bb][G5][A5]
[Bb][A5][G5][A5]
[F][F5][E5][Dm][Bb][Am][G5][A5]
[Bb][Bb5][Bb][A5][C][Dm][D5][A5][Bb]
[A5][E5][C][C5][D5][C5][E5]
[Dm][A5][E5][C][Eb5][Eb]
[G5][Bb][A5][Bb][E5][C][C5][C]
[E5][A5][Bb][A5][E5][Bb5][C][C5][Eb5]
[G5][Bb][E5][G5][Bb][A5]
[Am][E5][A5]
[F][Eb5][A5][F][E5][D5][Eb5][D5][Dm]
[F][Bb][A5]

[Verse 9]
Thousands forced into [A5]prostitution
[E5]So many [A5]years and still no r[E5]esti [Eb5]tution
[Bb]The [A5]carnage of Carthage
so easily out[E5]done
Add [A5]all the blood you get
[E5]1200[C] tons[D5][Bb]

[Verse 10]
[A5]Massacre removed from history books[E5]
No [A5]mention of men hung from
[E5]iron [C]hook[D5]s[Bb][A5]
All counter to the rules of war
[E5]They made [A5]a city an
[E5]army's [Eb5]whore[Bb]

[Verse 11]
[A5]Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run
[D5]They [Bb]turned the waters [G5]of
[D5]the Yangtze [Eb5]red with bl[Bb]ood
[A5]Cast aside[Bb] and b[A5]rutalized
[Bb]Terrific horro[C]r made[C5] to te[Dm]r roriz[D5]e

[Verse 12]
[Bb]Besti[G5]al an[Bb]d viol[A5]ent,
six [F]weeks [G5]of suf[Bb]fer [A5]ing
So black [C]was the day,
[G5]they [D5]marched [G5]through the gates
Their [F]fate [C]was [G5]beckoning
It was the rape [Bb]of Nanking

[Outro 1]
[A5]
[Bb][A5]
[Bb][A5]
[Bb][A5]