Tom: F#m
F#m C
So I told him that he'd better shut his mouth
C
and do his job like a man
E
And he answered listen father
F#m
I will never kill another
D7sus D7 G
He thinks he's bet ter than his brother that died
F#m G
What the hell does he think he is doing
E A
to his father who brought him up right
Em Am7
Take your place on the Great Mandilla
Am11 Am9 Em
as it moves beneath the moment of time
C Em
Win or lose now you must choose now
Am11 Am9 Am6
and if you lose you're only loosing your life
F#m C
Tell he jailer not to bother with his meal
G
of bread and water today
E
He is fasting 'til the killing's over
F#m
He's a martyr he thinks he's a prophet
D7sus D7 G
but he's a cow ard he's just playing a game
F# G
He can't do it he can't change things
E A
It's been going on for ten thousand years
Em Am7
Take your place on the Great Mandilla
Am11 Am9 Em
as it moves beneath the moment of time
C Em
Win or lose now you must choose now
Am11 Am9 Am6
and if you lose you're only loosing your life
F#m C
Tell the people they are safe now Hunger stopped him,
G
he lies still in his cell.
E
Death has gagged his accusations
F#m
We are free now, we can kill now,
D7sus D7 G
We can hate now, we can end the world
F# G
We're not guilty, he was crazy
E A
And it's been going on for ten thousand years.
Em Am7
Take your place on the Great Mandilla
Am11 Am9 Em
as it moves beneath the moment of time
C Em
Win or lose now you must choose now
Am11 Am9 Am6
And if you lose you've only wasted your life.