They call it the[(G)] law, apartheid, [C]internment, conscription, partition and silence[G][C][G]
It's a [Em]law that they made to keep you and me, where they think we [D]belong
They hide behind [C]steel and bulletproof glass, Machine guns and [G]spies[C][G]
And you[Em] tell us who'll suffer the tear gas and torture that we're doing [D]wr[Dsus4]ong[D]
Ref.:
[C]No time for love if they [G]come in the morning
No [D]time to show tears over [G]fears in the morning
No [C]time for goodbyes, no [G]time to ask why
And the sound of the [Bm]sire[C]n the [D]cry of the [G]mourning[C][G]
They came for [C]Sacko, Vanzetti, Connolly and Pearce in their [G]time[C][G]
They [Em]came for Newton and Seal, Bobby Sands and some of his [D]friends
In Boston, [C]Chicago, Saigon, San Diego, Warsaw and [C]Belfast[G][C]
And [Em]places that never make headlines the list never [D]ends[Dsus4] [D]
Ref.
The boys in [C]blue are only a few of the everyday cops on their [G]beat[C][G]
The CID [Em]branchmen informers and spies do their job just as [D]well
And behind them the [C]men who tap phones and load down computers and [G]files[C][G]
And the [Em]man that tells them when to come to take you to your [D]cell[Dsus4][D]
Ref.
So come on you [C]people who give your brothers and sisters the will to live [G]on[C][G]
They [Em]say you can get used to this war but that doesn't mean that this war isn't [D]on
The fish need the [C]sea to survive just like your comrades need [G]you[C][G]
And [Em]the death squads can only get through to them if first they can get through to [D]you[Dsus4][D]
Ref. 2x
It's a [Em]law that they made to keep you and me, where they think we [D]belong
They hide behind [C]steel and bulletproof glass, Machine guns and [G]spies[C][G]
And you[Em] tell us who'll suffer the tear gas and torture that we're doing [D]wr[Dsus4]ong[D]
Ref.:
[C]No time for love if they [G]come in the morning
No [D]time to show tears over [G]fears in the morning
No [C]time for goodbyes, no [G]time to ask why
And the sound of the [Bm]sire[C]n the [D]cry of the [G]mourning[C][G]
They came for [C]Sacko, Vanzetti, Connolly and Pearce in their [G]time[C][G]
They [Em]came for Newton and Seal, Bobby Sands and some of his [D]friends
In Boston, [C]Chicago, Saigon, San Diego, Warsaw and [C]Belfast[G][C]
And [Em]places that never make headlines the list never [D]ends[Dsus4] [D]
Ref.
The boys in [C]blue are only a few of the everyday cops on their [G]beat[C][G]
The CID [Em]branchmen informers and spies do their job just as [D]well
And behind them the [C]men who tap phones and load down computers and [G]files[C][G]
And the [Em]man that tells them when to come to take you to your [D]cell[Dsus4][D]
Ref.
So come on you [C]people who give your brothers and sisters the will to live [G]on[C][G]
They [Em]say you can get used to this war but that doesn't mean that this war isn't [D]on
The fish need the [C]sea to survive just like your comrades need [G]you[C][G]
And [Em]the death squads can only get through to them if first they can get through to [D]you[Dsus4][D]
Ref. 2x
