The Way Of Cain
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The second song in Reg Meuross's song cycle "Stolen From God". Released on 7 April 2023,
the album is about
England's involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
[Intro]
E A E B7 E
[Verse 1]
E A E B7
To own and control another man requires unusual skills
D A D A E B7
To be prepared to go beyond, to be prepared to kill
E A E B7
To brutalise, dehumanise, to rule with fear and pain
E A E B7 E
To own and control another man, you must know the way of Cain
E A E B7
The way of Cain, the way of Cain
E A E B7 E
To own and control another man, you must know the way of Cain
[Verse 2]
E A E B7
To work a man like John Henry takes a heart as hard as steel
D A D A E B7
With the fear of the rod and the fear of God you must break that man on your wheel
E A E B7
No Christian man should own a man yet the laws of this country are plain
E A E B7 E
You can own them abroad by the gun and the sword if you know the way of Cain
E A E B7
The way of Cain, the way of Cain
E A E B7 E
You can own them abroad by the gun and the sword if you know the way of Cain
[Verse 3]
E A E B7
You can chain a man like an animal but you can't put the iron on his soul
D A D A E B7
So the fear of the Lord and the lash and the sword must turn him around to your goal
E A E B7
To the minds of you good Christian women and men such brutal extremes must seem strange
E A E B7 E
With your fortunes at stake for his spirit to break, you must know the way of Cain
E A E B7
The way of Cain, the way of Cain
E A E B7 E
With your fortunes at stake for his spirit to break, you must know the way of Cain
E A E B7
The way of Cain, the way of Cain
E A
With your fortunes at stake for his spirit to bre..ee..aa..ak,
E B7 E
You must know the way of Cain
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