Wernher Von Braun

{name: Verse 1} G7 C Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun G7 C G7 C A man whose allegiance is ruled by expedience G7 C A7 Call him a nazi he won’t even frown Dm C G7 C "Nazi, schmazi!" says Wernher von Braun {name: Chorus 1} B7 Em Don’t say that he’s hypocritical B7 Em Say rather that he’s apolitical G7 C A7 "Once the rockets go up who cares where they come down? Dm C G7 C That’s not my department" says Wernher von Braun {name: Verse 2} G7 C Some have harsh words for this man of renown G7 C G7 C But some think our attitude should be one of gratitude G7 C A7 Like the widows and cripples in old London town Dm C G7 C Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun {name: Chorus 2} B7 Em You too may be a big hero B7 Em Once you’ve learned to count backwards to zero G7 C A7 "In German und English I know how to count down Dm C G7 C Und I’m learning Chinese" says Wernher von Braun {name: Verse 3} G7 C When he first launched Explorer into the great beyond G7 C G7 C He tried to alleviate when it started to deviate G7 C A7 We had to catch up to those commies somehow Dm C G7 C It’s a good thing we had lots of Wernher von Brauns {name: Chorus 3} B7 Em While Paperclip was a depravity B7 Em What’s worse is they lied about gravity G7 C A7 But von Braun didn’t frown and said "this rings a bell Dm C G7 C Now go fetch me more Germans and do it mach schnell" {name: Verse 4} G7 C At the end of his days with more time to reflect G7 C G7 C He chose to disclose some notions verboten G7 C A7 They plan to deceive us with make-believe threats Dm C G7 C And the Cold War was nothing compared to what’s next Chorus 4 B7 Em After the Russians it’s the terrorists B7 Em And then third-world countries will be scariest G7 C A7 And soon asteroids become the new enemy Dm C G7 C And the best part will be the fake war with ET {name: Verse 5} G7 C When the good old OSS took from old Berlin town G7 C G7 C They fed us with platitudes as they pillaged each latitude G7 C A7 And Gehlen told Allen "I’ve got this one down Dm C G7 C We’ll tell them the commies just won’t come around" Chorus 5 B7 Em So they pretend we’re always at war B7 Em That we’ll be nuked like Sodom and Gomorrah G7 C A7 They did it back then and they’ll do it today Dm C G7 C Why do you think that they k*lled JFK? {name: Verse 6} G7 C If you’re found by the CIA don’t be alarmed G7 C G7 C Just plan your allegiance as they force you into obedience G7 C A7 They’ll boil you a bit and pretend that you’ll drown Dm C G7 C And they’ll still get away with it ‘cause you are brown Chorus 6 B7 Em And some might suggest it’s quite comical B7 Em To claim that it’s all just economical G7 C A7 Once they get what they want who cares what you say? Dm C G7 C Just as long as you say it to the old CIA {name: Verse 7} G7 C They tried to k*ll Castro a few hundred times G7 C G7 C Their coups were quite sinister just ask the Iranian prime minister G7 C A7 And poor Guatemala how dare you decide Dm C G7 C To elect your own government oh look your president he died Chorus 7 B7 Em Dare I say it’s rather rude B7 Em To stand up for United Fruit G7 C A7 They’ll just call you commies and who cares if you’re not? Dm C G7 C Oh and in Cambodia they helped some dude named Pol Pot {name: Verse 8} G7 C In Syria they staged a quick coup d’état G7 C G7 C They tried to disarm Indonesia’s Sukarno G7 C A7 And Congo’s Lumumba they shot in the face Dm C G7 C And they forced out Allende for old Pinochet Chorus 8 B7 Em They even helped the Dalai Lama B7 Em And they ousted Nkrumah in Ghana G7 C A7 And Goulart went FUBAR and probably was k*lled Dm C G7 C So they didn’t share the files from that coup in Brazil {name: Verse 9} G7 C They watched Papa Doc and his sweet little babe G7 C G7 C As they plundered their nation another CIA creation G7 C A7 And they couped Vietnam and then still wanted more Dm C G7 C So they faked the Gulf of Tonkin to get a new war Chorus 9 B7 Em The history books are still murky B7 Em About what happened in Poland and Turkey G7 C A7 And Oliver North surely he told the truth? Dm C G7 C But I guess we won’t know ‘cause he shredded the proof {name: Verse 10} G7 C They armed the Mujahideen to the teeth G7 C G7 C Yet they still tried to hide they created al-Qaeda G7 C A7 And ISIS is simply just more of the same Dm C G7 C If you still keep on buying it you’re just insane Chorus 10 B7 Em Does the fact that it’s all still quite classified B7 Em Make you the slightest dissatisfied? G7 C A7 Like poor Chavez so they gave him a cancerous blight G7 C A7 And Jack Ruby was screwed even though he was right G7 C A7 That they’re infecting us with apathetic delight Dm C G7 C While the Mockingbird sings sweetly so long goodnight