My Country

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Tell all the people who believe what they read in the press
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Tell all the folk who stare from behind suburban walls
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The enemy is not some nation far across the sea
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The enemy is with us every single breathing day


[Chorus]
   Em                           D
So yes, I will fight for my country
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The land that I love so well
          Bm/F#      Em
Yes - for justice, a land fit for all our futures
Em                           D
Yes, I will fight for my country
                        G
The land that I love so well
         Bm/F#         Em
Hear the voices of our history echo all around


[Verse 2]
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Fight all the ones who divide us rich against poor
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Fight all the ones who divide us white against black
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Fight all the powers who want their missiles in our earth
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Fight all the people who would lead us into war


[Chorus]
    Em                           D
And yes, I will fight for my country
                        G
The land that I love so well
          Bm/F#      Em
Yes - for justice, a land fit for all our futures
Em                           D
Yes, I will fight for my country
                        G
The land that I love so well
         Bm/F#         Em
Hear the voices of our history echo all around


[Bridge]
   Am                                  D
No rights were ever given to us by the grace of God
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No rights were ever given by some United Nations clause
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No rights were ever given by some nice guy at the top
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Our rights they were bought by all the blood and all the tears of all our
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Grandmothers, grandfathers before


[Turnaround]
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[Verse 3]
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For all the folk who gave their lives for us
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For all the folk who spit out - never say die
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For all the fires burning on our highest hills
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For all the people spinning tales tonight
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Fight all the powers who would abuse our Common Laws
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Fight all the powers who think they only owe themselves . .



[Chorus]
    Em                           D
And yes, I will fight for my country
                        G
The land that I love so well
          Bm/F#      Em
Yes - for justice, a land fit for all our futures
Em                           D
Yes, I will fight for my country
                        G
The land that I love so well
         Bm/F#         Em
Hear the voices of our history echo all around