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Leaving Beirut Roger Waters
[C]Are these the people [E]that we should [E7]bomb
[F]Are we so sure [G]they mean us harm
[C]Is this our pleasure, [E]punishment or [E7]crime
[F]Is this a mountain that we [G]really want to climb
[C]The road is hard, [E]hard and lon[E7]g
[F]Put down that two by four
[G]This man would never turn you from his d[C]oor
Oh George! [E]Oh Georg[E7]e!
[F]That Texas education must have [G]fucked you up when you were very [C]small
[C]When I was 17 my [E]mother, bless her [E7]heart,
[F]Fulfilled my summer dream she [G]handed me the keys to the ca[C]r
We motored down to Paris, fuelled [E]with Dexedrine and [E7]booze
[F]Got bust in Antibes by the cops and [G]fleeced in Naples by the wops
[C]But everyone was kind to us, we [E]were the English [E7]dudes
[F]Our dads had helped them win the war
[G]When we all knew what we were fighting [C]for
But now an Englishman abroad is [E]just a US stoo[E7]ge
[F]The bulldog is a poodle snapping [G]round the scoundrel's last refuge
[C]Is gentleness too much for us
Should [E]gentleness be [E7]filed [F]along with empathy
We [G]feel for someone else's child
[C]Every time a smart bomb does its s[E]ums and gets it [E7]wrong
[F]Someone else's child dies and [G]equities in defence rise
[C]America, America, please [E]hear us when we [E7]call
[F]You got hip-hop, be-bop, hustle and bustle
[G]You got Atticus Finch, you got Jane Russell
[C]You got freedom of speech, you got great beaches,
[E]Wildernesses and [E7]malls
[F]Don't let the might, the Christian right,
[G]Fuck it all up for you and the rest of the worl[C]d
[C]Not in my name, Tony, you [E]great war leader [E7]you
[F]Terror is still terror, who[G]soever gets to frame the rules
[C]History's not written by the [E]vanquished or the d[E7]amned
[F]Now we are Genghis Khan, Lu[G]cretia Borghia, Son of Sam
[C]In 1961 they took this c[E]hild into their [E7]home
[F]I wonder what became of them in the [G]cauldron that was Lebanon
[C]If I could find them now, [E]could I make [E7]amends?
[F]How does the story [G]end? [C]
This is one of my favourite songs by Roger Waters and is incredible live. Any feedback,
or corrections are welcomed – martywalsh19@hotmail.com
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