The Sun Is Also A Warrior

Em

[Verse]
Em      A             C          
Two men walked on the beach in 
  Em
the sun
C        G           A          
One left footprints, the other 
    B
left none
Em        C           D   B
One was a man that no man obeys;
            A            D       
The other a god from the ancient 
Em
days
Em               A            D 
"Look," said the man, "how my 
        Em
kind make war
C           G           A        
I summonned you here to ask what 
B
for."
Em          C             
"For wealth or land," the god 
D      B
replies
     Em       A           C 
"For life, or freedom, or some 
          Em
king's lies."

[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em          D    Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G             A        B
Knowledge can also destroy
    G                D
Nor can the kindest will
                      B
Preserve you from the kill
Em         D          Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."

[Verse]
Em             A          D     
"Four of those five," the first 
    Em
one said
    C     G           A       B
Are not enough to appease the dead
   Em      C              D      
To save my world all this strife 
     B
must cease
   Em    A          Em
So now I bid you to conjure peace."

              A              D    
The god said "Yes. Though it 
      Em
grieves me sore
    C     G      A      B
For I was also a god of war
   Em    C          D      B
And I remember what you forget
Em            A            D     
Four of those five you may still 
  Em
regret."

[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em          D    Em
"The sun is also a warrior
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G             A        B
Knowledge can also destroy
    Em                B
Nor can the kindest will
   D                   B
Preserve you from the kill
Em         D      Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."

[Verse]
              A            D      
He raised his voice and he raised 
    Em
his hand
C          G              A 
All strife stopped at the god's 
       B
command
   C                 D     B
No voice ventured an angry word
Em      A             D      Em
No hand struck and no weapon stirred

[Interlude]
Em Em D D Em Em A D Em Em

[Verse]
Em           A                  
In time, the man called the old god 
Em
back
C       G                A       
"Look," he cried, "what my people 
 B
lack!
Em       C          D       B
One lord rules over all the earth
    Em            A               
And we're all his slaves from the 
D       Em
hour of birth."

[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em          A    Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G             A        B
Knowledge can also destroy
    Em                D
Nor can the kindest will
   D                   B
Preserve you from the kill
              D          Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."

[Verse]
Em             A                 
"Look, he owns all wealth, and he
      Em
 owns all land
C                       A      B
We starve and die under his command
   Em         C            D     
He speaks the truth and he gives 
   B
us peace
    Em              A       
But all that I hope for is our 
D     Em
release."
Em          A              D    
The old god said, "This is what 
      Em
you willed
    C         G       A       B
For only thus is your wish fulfilled
Em                 D       B
War's five sources I took away
    Em          A               
Yet I will give four of them back 
   Em
today."

[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em          A    Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G             A        B
Knowledge can also destroy
    G                 D
Nor can the kindest will
   D                   B
Preserve you from the kill
Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."

[Verse]
Em        A            D        
He raised his hand and his voice
      Em
 once more
C           G         A         B
And all the world overturned in war
 Em      C           D           
And when the last of those fires 
    B
let fall
      Em     A           D        
There was no lord in the world at 
Em
all
      A           C           Em 
"Go rebuild now," the old god 
   C
said
             G       A        B
"Feed the living and bury the dead
       Em         C               
And remember this when you speak 
  B
of war
     G         A           
And think upon what is worth 
           Em
fighting for."

[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em          A    Em
"The sun is also a warrior
          A           B
Knowledge can also destroy
Em                  D
Nor can the kindest will
   D                   B
Preserve you from the kill
Em            D          Em    D
Not all of wisdom brings joy."
Em         D              G
Not all of wisdom brings joy.