Chords for David Rovics - The Internationale
Tempo:
89.75 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Written in 1871, it was a poem first and then it was turned into a song ten years later.
time when France was [Bb] at war with Prussia, as they often were,
the working class of Paris took the occasion to seize control of the city and form the Paris Commune,
French and Prussian aristocracies suddenly realized they had more in common than they thought
teamed up and [Bbm] took Paris from the [G] Parisians.
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Arise, [G] ye workers from your slumbers!
time when France was [Bb] at war with Prussia, as they often were,
the working class of Paris took the occasion to seize control of the city and form the Paris Commune,
French and Prussian aristocracies suddenly realized they had more in common than they thought
teamed up and [Bbm] took Paris from the [G] Parisians.
[Gm]
[G] [Gm]
Arise, [G] ye workers from your slumbers!
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_ Written in 1871, it was a poem first and then it was turned into a song ten years later.
And originally it was in French, _ it was written at a time when France was [Bb] at war with Prussia, as they often were,
and the _ working class of Paris took the occasion to seize control of the city and form the Paris Commune,
which lasted a fair while until the French and Prussian aristocracies suddenly realized they had more in common than they thought
and they teamed up and [Bbm] took Paris from the [G] Parisians. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ Arise, [G] ye workers from your slumbers!
[D] Arise, ye [Gm] prisoners of want!
Parisians in [G] revolt now thundered, [Gm] Anatolians, the age of Kant!
[A] Away [Gm] with all your superstitions!
[A] Servile masses, [D] arise, arise!
We'll change and forfeit all traditions, Spurn the dust, so win the prize!
[Gm] Hossa, comrade, [G] comrade, [D] Anabas, fight, let [Gm] us face!
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Internationale unites the human race!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] _ _ No more [G] deluded by reaction, On tyrants [Gm] only we'll make war,
The soldiers [G] too will face drank [D] action, They'll break ranks, they'll fight no more!
[Gm] And if these cannibals keep trying, [A] To sacrifice us [D] to their pride,
They soon shall [Gm] hear the bullets flying, [D] We'll shoot the generals on our own [G] side!
Hossa, comrade, comrade, [D] Anabas, fight, [G] let us face!
The _ [D] Internationale unites the human race!
[Gm] Hossa, [G] comrade, comrade, [D] Anabas, fight, let us face!
The _ Internationale unites the human race!
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ No savior from on high delivers, No [D] faith have we in prince or peer,
Our own right [G] hand of jade must shiver, [D] Take the hatred, greed and [G] fear!
Tear the feet, we'll unwhip their booty, And give you [D] all a happier lot,
Each at the foreclose to their duty, And strike when the iron is [G] hot!
Hossa, comrade, comrade, Anabas, [Gm] fight, let us face!
The [G] _ [D] Internationale unites the human race!
Hossa, [G] comrade, comrade, [D] Anabas, fight, [G] let us face!
The _ Internationale unites the human race!
The _ Internationale unites the human race! _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
And originally it was in French, _ it was written at a time when France was [Bb] at war with Prussia, as they often were,
and the _ working class of Paris took the occasion to seize control of the city and form the Paris Commune,
which lasted a fair while until the French and Prussian aristocracies suddenly realized they had more in common than they thought
and they teamed up and [Bbm] took Paris from the [G] Parisians. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ Arise, [G] ye workers from your slumbers!
[D] Arise, ye [Gm] prisoners of want!
Parisians in [G] revolt now thundered, [Gm] Anatolians, the age of Kant!
[A] Away [Gm] with all your superstitions!
[A] Servile masses, [D] arise, arise!
We'll change and forfeit all traditions, Spurn the dust, so win the prize!
[Gm] Hossa, comrade, [G] comrade, [D] Anabas, fight, let [Gm] us face!
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Internationale unites the human race!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] _ _ No more [G] deluded by reaction, On tyrants [Gm] only we'll make war,
The soldiers [G] too will face drank [D] action, They'll break ranks, they'll fight no more!
[Gm] And if these cannibals keep trying, [A] To sacrifice us [D] to their pride,
They soon shall [Gm] hear the bullets flying, [D] We'll shoot the generals on our own [G] side!
Hossa, comrade, comrade, [D] Anabas, fight, [G] let us face!
The _ [D] Internationale unites the human race!
[Gm] Hossa, [G] comrade, comrade, [D] Anabas, fight, let us face!
The _ Internationale unites the human race!
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ No savior from on high delivers, No [D] faith have we in prince or peer,
Our own right [G] hand of jade must shiver, [D] Take the hatred, greed and [G] fear!
Tear the feet, we'll unwhip their booty, And give you [D] all a happier lot,
Each at the foreclose to their duty, And strike when the iron is [G] hot!
Hossa, comrade, comrade, Anabas, [Gm] fight, let us face!
The [G] _ [D] Internationale unites the human race!
Hossa, [G] comrade, comrade, [D] Anabas, fight, [G] let us face!
The _ Internationale unites the human race!
The _ Internationale unites the human race! _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _