Let Us Begin
John Denver
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| D | D | D | D | [Verse 1]D D I am the son of a grassland farmerD D Western Oklahoma nineteen fortyG threeG G I always felt grateful to live inD D A the land of the freeD D I gave up my father to South KoreaD D G The mind of my brother to VietnamG G Now there's a banker who says ID A7 must give up my landD D There are four generations of blood in this topsoilD D Four generations of love on thisG farmG G Before I give up I would gladlyD D give up my right arm [Chorus]A A D What are we making weapons forBm G A D Why keep on feeding the war machineA A We take it right out of the mouthsD of our babiesA A Take it away from the hands of theD poorG D A Tell me, what are we makingD weapons for [Instrumental]| D | D | D | D | [Verse 2]D D I had a son and my son was a soldierD D He was so like my father, he wasG so much like meG G To be a good comrade was the bestD D that he dreamed he could beAContinúa después del anuncioD D He gave up his future to revolutionD D His life to a battle that justG can't be wonG G For this is not living, to live atD A7 the point of a gunD D I remember the nine hundred days of LeningradD D The sound of the dying, the cut ofG the coldG G I remember the moments I prayed ID D would never grow old [Chorus]A A D What are we making weapons forBm G A D Why keep on feeding the war machineA A We take it right out of the mouthsD of our babiesA A Take it away from the hands of theD poorG D A Tell me, what are we makingD weapons for [Instrumental]| D | D | D | D | [Verse 3]D D For the first time in my life I feel like a prisonerD D A slave to the ways of the powersG that beG And I fear for my children, as IG D A7 fear for the future I seeD Tell me how can it be we're stillD fighting each otherD D What does it take for a people toG learnG G If our song is not sung as aD D chorus, we surely will burn [Chorus]A A D What are we making weapons forBm G A D Why keep on feeding the war machineA A We take it right out of the mouthsD of our babiesA A Take it away from the hands of theD poorG D A Tell me, what are we makingD D weapons for [Otro]D A D G6 D D Have we forgottenD A D G6 D D All the lives that were givenD A D G6 D D All the vows that were takenD A Asus4 A Saying never againG Em D D Now for the first timeD A D G6 D D This could be the last timeD A D G6 D A If peace is our visionA7 D Let us beginD A D G6 D D Have we forgottenD A D G6 D D All the lives that were givenD A D G6 D D All the vows that were takenD A Asus4 A Saying never again, never againG Em D D Now for the first timeD A D G6 D D This could be the last timeD A D G6 D A If peace is our visionA7 D A7 D Let us begin, let us beginA7 D