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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
By: CARL ROGERS YOUNG, DAVID SHUL, MICHAEL FRANTI
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
 
[Intro]
D A Em G
 
[Verse 1]
D A
Please, tell me the reason
Em G
Behind the colours that you fly
D A Em
Love just one nation
Em
And the whole world, we divide
 
D A
You say you're sorry
Em G
There is no other choice
D A
God bless the people now
Em Em
Who cannot raise their voice
 
[Chorus ]
C G
We can chase down all our enemies
D D
Bring them to their knees
Am G
We can bomb the world to pieces
D D
But we can't bomb it into peace
 
C G
Whoa, we may even find a solution
D D
To hunger and disease
F Am G
We can bomb the world to pieces
A# C D
But we can't bomb it into peace
 
[verse 2]
D A
Violence brings one thing
Em G D
More more of the same
A
Military madness
Em Em
The smell of flesh and burning pain
 
D A
So I sing out to the masses
Em G
Stand up if you're still sane
 
D A
To all of us gone crazy
Em G
I sing this one refrain
 
[Chorus]
C G
We can chase down all our enemies
D
Bring them to their knees
Am G
We can bomb the world to pieces
D D
But we can't bomb it into peace
 
C G
Whoa, we may even find a solution
D D
To hunger and disease
Am G
We can bomb the world to pieces
A# C D
But we can't bomb it into peace
 
[Chorus 2]
C D C
(I sing) power to the peaceful
Bm A# C
Love to the peaceful (ya I see)
D C
Power to the peaceful
Bm A# C
Love to the peaceful (yo)
 
[Chorus]
C G
We may even find a solution
D D
To hunger and disease
Am G
We can bomb the world to pieces
D D
But we can't bomb it into peace
 
C G
Say we can chase down all our enemies
D D
We can even bring them to their knees
Am G
We can bomb the world to pieces
A# C D C
But we can't bomb it into peace
 
[Chorus 2]
D C
And I sing power to the peaceful
Bm B A# C D
Love to the peaceful (ya I say)
C
I sing power to the peaceful
Bm A# C D
Love to the peaceful (yo)
 
I sing

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