The Commons

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[Verse 1]
 D
First you told us only through you 
could we know God
                    G              
And if we dared to question then He
 D              A
 wouldn't spare the rod
     D
For you we worked the soil, for you 
we dug the moors
    G                              
For you we shed our blood and 
   D             A
fought so many pointless wars
    G                        
And now try to tell us there's 
D            A
nothing we can do
             G                     
You say the world around us belongs
D           A
 fairly to the few
      D                      A
But about six billion people no 
doubt will agree
     G                D        
This world is our home, not your 
    A
property


[Chorus]
            D                  A
It's the commons, our right of birth
    G                            D
And you who would enclose the land
             A
 all around the Earth
Em                                 
Our future is your downfall, when 
G                A
we cut this ball and chain
          D           G          
You who'd sacrifice the public 
A              D
good for your private gain


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[Verse 2]
D
With our sweat we built the 
railroads, built cities on these 
shores
        G                       D 
But because you own the money you 
               A
say that it's all yours
            D
We laid the phone lines and the 
pipelines and then right before our 
eyes
               G                   
You say these things our taxes paid
       D           A
 for you now will privatize
 D                       A
Privatize the hospitals, privatize 
the schools
  G                          D    
Privatize the prisons for all 
              A
those who break your rules
       D                     A
And preparing for the day when all 
the wells run dry
            G                    D
You say you own the very rain that
                  A
 falls down from the sky


[Chorus]
            D                  A
But it's the commons, our right of 
birth
    G                          D  
And to you who'd own the water all
            A
 around the Earth
Em                                 
Our future is your downfall, when 
G                A
we cut this ball and chain
          D           G          
You who'd sacrifice the public 
A              D
good for your private gain


[Post-Chorus]
D
You claim to own the harvest with 
your terminator seeds
     G                         
You claim to own the genomes of 
      D          A
every animal that breeds
     D
You claim to own our culture and the
 music that we play
           G                     
And with each song we download to 
    D              A
your coffers we must pay


[Verse 3]
          D                       
You would even own my name and you 
G
say it's for the best
             D                     
Maybe you'll let us on your radio 
     A
if our songs can pass your test
 D
You own country, you own western, 
you say you've given us a choice
    G                              
You may own the airwaves but you'll
D           A
 never own my voice


[Chorus]
            D                  A
It's the commons, our right of birth
    G                          D  
And to you who'd own the music all
            A
 around the Earth
Em                                 
Our future is your downfall, when 
G                A
we cut this ball and chain
          D           G          
You who'd sacrifice the public 
A              D
good for your private gain

            D                  A
It's the commons, our right of birth
    G                            D
And to you who'd own the music all
             A
 around the Earth
Em                                 
Our future is your downfall, when 
G                A
we cut this ball and chain
          D           G          
You who'd sacrifice the public 
A              D
good for your private gain