Chords for Chris Gard - "WHITE MAN'S BURDEN"
Tempo:
95.15 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] Take up the white [D] man's burden, [G] Send forth the best ye [D] breed,
[Gm] bind [G] your sons to exile, To serve [Dm] your captives' need.
[Bb] To [C] wait in [F] heavy harness, [Gm] On flooded folk [Bb] and [C] wild,
[Dm] Your new-caught silent peoples Have dared the land have jiled.
Take up the white man's burden, [C] In patience do [F] abide,
[Bb] To fail the threat [F] of terror, [Dm]
And [Gm] check the show [A] of pride.
[Bb] By open speech [F] and simple, [Gm] A hundred times [Bb] they claim,
[Gm] bind [G] your sons to exile, To serve [Dm] your captives' need.
[Bb] To [C] wait in [F] heavy harness, [Gm] On flooded folk [Bb] and [C] wild,
[Dm] Your new-caught silent peoples Have dared the land have jiled.
Take up the white man's burden, [C] In patience do [F] abide,
[Bb] To fail the threat [F] of terror, [Dm]
And [Gm] check the show [A] of pride.
[Bb] By open speech [F] and simple, [Gm] A hundred times [Bb] they claim,
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_ _ _ [E] Take up the white [D] man's burden, _ [G] Send forth the best ye [D] breed,
Go [Gm] bind [G] your sons to exile, To serve [Dm] your captives' need.
[Bb] To [C] wait in [F] heavy harness, [Gm] On flooded folk [Bb] and [C] wild,
[Dm] Your new-caught silent _ peoples Have dared the land have jiled.
Take up the white man's burden, [C] In patience do [F] abide,
[Bb] To fail the threat [F] of terror, [Dm]
And [Gm] check the show [A] of pride.
[Bb] By open speech [F] and simple, [Gm] A hundred times [Bb] they claim,
[Dm] To seek another's profit, And work another's gain.
Take up the white man's burden, [C] The savage wars [F] of peace,
[Bb] Fill full the mouth [F] of famine, [Bb] And bid the [A] sickness cease.
[Bb] And when your goal [F] is nearest, [Gm] The end for all [Bb] the sought,
[Dm] What's left that he didn't fought, He bring all your hopes to naught.
_ _ Take [F] up the white [Dm] man's burden, [C] Not all to rule [F] of kings,
[Bb] But toil of [F] serf and sweeper, [Bb] The tale of [A] common things.
[Bb] The force ye shall [F] not enter, [Gm] The rules ye shall [Bb] not tread,
[Dm] Donate them with your living, And mock them with your [D] dead.
Take up the white man's burden, [C] And reap his [F] soul's reward,
[Bb] The blame [C] of foes ye better, The haste of [A] foes ye guard.
[Bb] The cry of [F] foes ye humer, [Gm] Are slowly towards [Bb] the light,
[Dm] Why brought ye us from our nature, Love the gypsie light. _ _
Take up the white man's burden, [C] Ye dare not to [F] do less,
[Bb] Nor call too [F] loud on freedom, [Bb] Who cloak your [A] weariness.
[Bb] By all ye cry [F] or whisper, [Gm] By all ye [Bb] live or do,
[Dm] The silent, silent people, Shall weigh all gods and you.
Take up the white man's burden, [C] Have done with [F] childish days,
[Bb] Politely [F] profit laurel, [Bb] The easy young [A] gods praise.
[Bb] Don't vow to [F] search your manhood, [Gm] Through all the [Bb] thankless years,
[Dm] The ways with dear foreplay, And the judgment of the old years.
Take up the white man's burden, Through all the thankless [D] years.
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Go [Gm] bind [G] your sons to exile, To serve [Dm] your captives' need.
[Bb] To [C] wait in [F] heavy harness, [Gm] On flooded folk [Bb] and [C] wild,
[Dm] Your new-caught silent _ peoples Have dared the land have jiled.
Take up the white man's burden, [C] In patience do [F] abide,
[Bb] To fail the threat [F] of terror, [Dm]
And [Gm] check the show [A] of pride.
[Bb] By open speech [F] and simple, [Gm] A hundred times [Bb] they claim,
[Dm] To seek another's profit, And work another's gain.
Take up the white man's burden, [C] The savage wars [F] of peace,
[Bb] Fill full the mouth [F] of famine, [Bb] And bid the [A] sickness cease.
[Bb] And when your goal [F] is nearest, [Gm] The end for all [Bb] the sought,
[Dm] What's left that he didn't fought, He bring all your hopes to naught.
_ _ Take [F] up the white [Dm] man's burden, [C] Not all to rule [F] of kings,
[Bb] But toil of [F] serf and sweeper, [Bb] The tale of [A] common things.
[Bb] The force ye shall [F] not enter, [Gm] The rules ye shall [Bb] not tread,
[Dm] Donate them with your living, And mock them with your [D] dead.
Take up the white man's burden, [C] And reap his [F] soul's reward,
[Bb] The blame [C] of foes ye better, The haste of [A] foes ye guard.
[Bb] The cry of [F] foes ye humer, [Gm] Are slowly towards [Bb] the light,
[Dm] Why brought ye us from our nature, Love the gypsie light. _ _
Take up the white man's burden, [C] Ye dare not to [F] do less,
[Bb] Nor call too [F] loud on freedom, [Bb] Who cloak your [A] weariness.
[Bb] By all ye cry [F] or whisper, [Gm] By all ye [Bb] live or do,
[Dm] The silent, silent people, Shall weigh all gods and you.
Take up the white man's burden, [C] Have done with [F] childish days,
[Bb] Politely [F] profit laurel, [Bb] The easy young [A] gods praise.
[Bb] Don't vow to [F] search your manhood, [Gm] Through all the [Bb] thankless years,
[Dm] The ways with dear foreplay, And the judgment of the old years.
Take up the white man's burden, Through all the thankless [D] years.
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