Sons of Liberty Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]
[C][Em][C][Em][C]
[D][C][D]
[Em][C][Em][C][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Once
an honest man could go from sunrise to its [C]set
Without [Em]encountering [C]agents
of his state or govern[D]ment
But a sorry cloud of tyranny has
fallen across the [C]land
Brought [Em]on b[C]y hollow men,
who did not under[D]stand
That for centuries our forefather
have fought and [C]often died
To keep [Em]themselves [C]unto themselves,
to fight the rising [D]tide
And that if in the smallest battles
we surrender to the [C]state
We en[Em]ter i[C]n a darkness whence
we never shall es[D]cape

[Verse 2]
When they [E]raise [Esus4]their hands up[E]
[F#m]our lives to[D] po[A]sse[G]ss
[E]To know [Esus4]our souls,
[E]to dra[F#m]g us down[D], we'll resist.[A][G]

[Verse 3]
Watt [D]Tyler led the people [C]in 1381
To [Em]meet the king at [C]Smithfield and issue
[D]this demand:
That Winchester's should be
the only law across the [C]land
The law of [Em]old King Alfred's time,
of [C]free and honest [D]men.
Because the people then they understood
what we have [C]since forgot:
That a government will only work for its
own bene[D]fit
And I'd rather stand up naked against
the elements [C]alone
Than give [Em]the hollow men the right to
en[C]ter in my [D]home
[E]When they raise

[Verse 4]
their [Esus4]hands
[E]up our[F#m] lives to po[D]ssess[A]
[G]To [E]know our sou[Esus4]ls, to dr[E]ag us [F#m]down,[D]
we'll [A]resist.

[Interlude 1]
[G][D]
[C][Dsus4][D][G]
[D][Dsus4][D]
[G][D]
[C][D][Dsus4][Bm]
[A][D]
[G][D]
[C][D][C][D]
[C][G][D][C][D][C][F][D]
[C][G]
[D]
[F]

[Verse 5]
[D]Stand up Sons [C]of [D]Liberty [C]an d
fight [G]for what you [D]own[F]
[D]Stand up Sons [C]of [D]Liber[C] ty[D] an[C] d fight,
fight [G]for for your [D]homes.[C][D]

[Interlude 2]
[D][C][D][C][G]
[D][C]
[D][C][G][C][D]
[C][G]
[D]

[Verse 6]
[D]So[C][G][D]
[C]if[G][D]
[C]eve[G]r[D]
[D]a man
should ask you for your business or your name
[C]Tell him to go and fuck himself, tell
his [D]friends to do the same.
Because a man who'd trade his liberty
for a safe and dreamless sleep
[C]Doesn't deserve the both of them,
and [D]neither shall he keep.