Stonewall Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]["When I moved out to Vancouver (Canada!) in 1987, I took a walk down to a nearby river. it look[E5]ed calm and [C]peac[Em]eful,[E5] yet [Em]aliv[C]e. [Em]a clo[C]se[G]r lo[D]ok (and smell) changed my [Em]peaceful mood into a feeling of [E5]disg[C]ust[Em] and disappointment: the water wa[E5]s full of ra[C]w sewage and chemicals, which I la[D]ter found were spewing out from a plant upstream,[Em]
as well as a [D]garbage dump loc[Em]ated, ever so bril[G]liantly, fifty [Em]feet [E5]from the shoreline. this was [Am]the first [Bb]time I[Em]'ve ever really [E5]thought of a[D]bout t[E5]he permanen[Em]t environmental damage being done and, [D]although I'm not a[Em]bout to ho[E5]ld u[Am]p protest slogan[Em]s an d j[E5]oin Greenpea[Am]ce, 'stonewall' is my way o[D]f b[E5]ringing the [Am]subj[D]ect up for t[G]houg[Em]ht."][E5][Am]
[Bb]Stonewall,[Em]

[Verse 2]
[E5]go t[Am]o bat[D][E5]
Unless [Em]you want [E5]to live li[Em]ke t[E5]hat
Stone[Em]wall, can[E5]'t we se[E]e[D][E5]
[Em]We're our [A5]own [D]worst enemy

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][Am]
[C][D][Em][G][Am][G][Am][D][Em][E5]
[Em]A land said to

[Verse 3]
[E5]have all,[Em]
[E5]wealth in land, in m[Em]an[F#][Em]
[E5]Qualities soon to exhaust as man's
greed poisons the [Em]land
[Bm]Streams, once fresh,
[F#m]were centres of life for so [Em]many [Bm]a creature
Beauty without [F#m]defence, polluted,
[E5]nev er t[Em]o replenish

[Interlude 2]
[Em][Bm][E5][D][E5][Em][Am][Em][D][Em][E5][Am][Bm][Em][E5][Am][D][E5][Em][D][G][Em]
[E5][Em]
[E5]

[Verse 4]
Col[Em]lage, blue and [E5]green,
seen as golden industrial [F#]sites[Em]
[E5]Smudge as toxic pollutants destroy
[Em]her remain[E5]ing r[F#]ights[Bm]
The power of corporations,
[F#m]spew ing chemicals int[Em]o the air
[Bm]Fines are imposed to disco[F#m]urage, but what's a dime to a [Em]millionaire

[Interlude 3]
[E5][Am][Bb][Em]
[E5][Em][D][Em][E5][Bm][Em][D][Em][E5][Em][Bm][Em][E5][Am][D][E5][Em][D][Bm][G][Em]

[Verse 5]
It's time to [Am]listen,
and [G]see the [Am]signs[D][Em]
It's time to [Am]listen and [G]hear her [Am]cries

[Interlude 4]
[D][Em][E5][Bm][Bb][C][F#m]
[E][E5][Bm][Bb][C][F#m]
[Bm][F#m][Em][Bm]
[F#m][G][Bm][F#m][Em]
[Bm][F#m][G][Am][G5][Bb][G5][Gm]
[G5][Bb][G][G5][G][Bb][G5][G][C][Bb]
[F][G5][Em]

[Verse 6]
The one that [Em]gave us [E5]life is [Em]being
burnt to the [E5]raw[Em][E5]
Reaping unprotected riches,
[Em]human nature's self-destruction flaw[E5]
[Em]flaw[F#m][Bm]
The power of corporations,
[F#m]spew ing chemicals int[Em]o the air
[Bm]Fines are imposed to discourage,
[F#m]but what's a dime to a millionaire

[Outro 1]
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[Em][Bm][Em]
[E][D][E][Em][Em][E][D][Em][E][Em][E][Am]
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