Securing The Peace

Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm Cm Cm Bb Cm N.C Cm Cm Bb Cm Securing the peace then preparing for war, F Gm And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for, Cm Cm Bb Cm Securing the peace then preparing for war, F Gm And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for. Cm Cb Bb Cm In peacetime some bury their fathers, F Gm In war time some bury their son`s, Cm Cm Bb Cm The dead are all labelled as martyrs, F Gm And the living inherit the bullet and the gun. Cm Securing the peace then preparing for war, F Gm And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for, Cm Securing the peace then preparing for war, F Gm And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for. N.C If religious crusade is your calling, N.C Ask your god if he`ll stop the bombs falling, N.C On the heads Of the poor that were shattered today, N.C They were wailing so load you can`t hear yourself think. Cm Securing the peace then preparing for war, F Gm And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for, Cm Securing the peace then preparing for war, N.C And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for. N.C A single death is tragic a million a statistic, N.C To say the war is fought for peace sounds cynically sadistic. Saxophone Middle Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm F Cm Cm Bb N.C Gm F N.C Take your prayers and take your blaspheming, F Gm F Take the graves where the mothers are screaming, Cm Cm Bb Cm You can`t convince me that you feel the loss, F Gm The last real Christian you killed on the cross. Chorus 4 Cm Securing the peace then preparing for war, F And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for, Cm Securing the peace while preparing for war, F And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for. Cm Cm Bb Cm And while the world plays hide and seek, F Gm To cover up the violence, Cm Cm Bb Cm Innocence claims the right to speak. F Gm And guilty the right to silence. Saxophone Middle 2 Cm Cm F F Cm Cm F Gm N.C Securing the peace while preparing for war, N.C Securing the peace while preparing for war, Cm Securing The peace while preparing for war, F And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for, Cm Securing the peace when preparing for war, N.C And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.