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Back in World War Two, the bombs 
kept dropping,
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this whole city was smashed to the 
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ground.
        G                    Em
And the orders were given to destroy
 everything,
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even to bring that beautiful 
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cathedral down.

        Am                  D
But the best bomber pilots, well,
                            G      
they all tried it but their aim was
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 never true.
Am                       D
As if the work of God or divine 
protection,
             G                   
or could the men just not do what 
           C
they were ordered to do.
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Could they not do what they were 
 D          C
ordered to do.


G                            Em
Today it still stands like a giant 
tombstone,
  C                       G
a monument to a time long gone.
       G                           
To the old lady beggars with their 
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faces to the ground,
     C                      G
it's tall arch doorways are right 
where they belong.


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        Am                         
And oh, Hitler, he would have been 
D
pissed I guess,
        G                      
but I'm glad that the good guys 
 C
missed.
   Am                            
No matter what you believe or how 
     D
you feel about churches,
       G                          
let me tell you, you really wanna 
C
see this.
          G              D   
You'll be thankful those bombs 
         G
didn't hit.


        G              D      
We went south down the river to 
            C                   G
where the Rhine and the Basel meet.
   G                               
We stood on that small triangle of 
D
ground
           C                     
where this country was founded on 
     G
our own two feet.

    Am                        
And on the way we learned that 
 D
castles are a lot smaller
       G                         
in real life then they are in the 
      C
fairy tales.
    Am                      D
But that realization didn't stop our
 fascination
      G                          
as we explored the secret tunnels 
            C
behind the safety rails.
             G          D    
As we hopped over those safety 
  G
rails...


G                     D
We headed East and we crossed the 
border,
    C                         G
the border that was no longer there.
       G                         
And although the fences and walls 
     D
are long gone,
    C                          
the weight of their ghosts hung 
 G
heavy in the air.
        Am                         
And the buildings all had different
                D
 looks on their faces,
          G                   
they were stern and strong and 
 C
stout.
      Am                           
Going 80 on the Audabon will really
          D
 take you places,
       G                           
if you wanna learn history get 
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outta your house.
       G                D          
If you wanna learn, get outta your 
G
house


G                         D      
And all of the statues of Dresden
        C                 G
 looked mean and cold and angry.
G                     D          
They've all got black faces that 
     C              G
say, "You can never kill me!"
        Am           D            
And our bus drove by 
           G              C
Slaughterhouse 5 on the way to our 
campground.
   Am                     D       
We ended up sleeping in a farmer's
             G                 C
 field cause two years ago the place
 was shut down.
Am                        D      
We went to the forest and camped 
                 G           
a few nights and then we said 
     C
goodbye
   Am                       D  
To all the bakeries and the nice 
                        G          
young bees that would always give 
    C
us rides.


        C          D              
And the train, the train, took us 
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away!