• upyerkilt
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Topic: LIES OF DESPAIR

Just wrote this one this morning, no prizes for guessing what it is about,lol

LIES OF DESPAIR Ken Godwin


[G]I will not fight that war


I[Bm] told you once before


I will[C] not be labelled a Westminster[G] pawn


The fight is not my fight


And I know I have the right


To take a step back in their unruly plight


T[Am]hey say they’re fighting for [G]our freedom


But where’s the freedom if your dead


[F]Where’s the honesty we[C] look for


[G]All we get is lies of [C]despair




I will not fight that war


I told you once or twice before


I will not be a statistic on a government chart


If the government didn’t start this fight


Then everything would be all right


But we attacked and they had to bite


What have you done to our freedom?


Ye had to go and spoil it all


We ask questions but get no answers



All we get is lies of despair






I will not fight that war


I’ve told you many times before


It’s not my fight until it’s knocking on my door


I will protect my country to my death


But on foreign soil I will not see my death


In a needless battle so many have seen before


They say ye’ll be fighting for yer freedom


But fight for a union I will not do


Fight in the name of the queen and her country


When all we get is lies of despair


Where’s the honesty we look for?


All we get is lies of despair


We ask questions but get no answers


All we get is lies of despair


All we get is lies of despair





ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
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Re: LIES OF DESPAIR

Hi Ken,

I hope I played this right, I repeated the chords from line 1,2,and 3 for lines 4, 5, and 6 then repeated line 7 for line 8.

Lovely chord sequence to which a melody naturally flows. A well argued protest song, well done.

Thank you,

Roger

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Re: LIES OF DESPAIR

Well said, Ken.  Righteous indignation is always a great start for a song and this endless war of choice in Iraq based on fabricated evidence is easy to get indignant about.  James

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Re: LIES OF DESPAIR

My Hats off to you Upyourkilt!

I Could'nt agree more!

Old Doll.

Why Blend in with the Crowd ? When you were made to stand out !
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Re: LIES OF DESPAIR

Roger Guppy wrote:

Hi Ken,

I hope I played this right, I repeated the chords from line 1,2,and 3 for lines 4, 5, and 6 then repeated line 7 for line 8.

Lovely chord sequence to which a melody naturally flows. A well argued protest song, well done.

Thank you,

Roger

yep roger that be right.

And thanks James and Old Doll too.

Ken

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
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Re: LIES OF DESPAIR

this song is now on my bebo page on my playlist.

Ken

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
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Re: LIES OF DESPAIR

Hi ken,

just been to your myspace page, i really like this song and credit crunch,right up my street. smile

On the subject of war and atrocities Harry patch said it right  'they don't listen,THEY JUST DON'T LISTEN!!!'

Or a line from the  Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson song Where have all the flowers gone 'When will they ever learn.

Like you I play just for fun.

Trevor

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cheers Trevor,
I have to play for fun as I have not found or looked for anyone to pay me lol

Ken

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
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Anybody who's ever been to war will tell you how much it sucks. I see where your coming from with this, so I'll just say good song and leave it at that. It's good to hear other point of views and not be stuck in my little gung ho bubble
Selso

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hi ken,

very emotive words my scotish friend.

i think we've all made our feelings clear on the subject of war recently, but i still wouldnt berate what our brave lads [brits and yanks] are doing over there, they are risking their lives not just for the greedy multi-millionaires and self-serving governments, but for us, their friends countrymen and most of all their families.
please dont forget what happened in lockerbie, and that was before we invaded iraq or afghanistan.

hail the hero's

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I second that Phill,very brave lads,just doing there job

Hard times create strong men,Strong men create good times,Good times create weak men,Weak men create hard times.Cantwere rice INVICTA!

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