Chords for Oil Blockade
Tempo:
121.75 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
Bm
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm]
[Em] [E]
Standing here on this precious, [Dm] on the edge of a world at [Em] war,
Such a stark resemblance to [A] events of a century [E] before.
When you begin the story, [Bm] is how the story shall be defined,
[G] But to understand this history, [E] we must start earlier, rewind,
[B] To before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid, [G] [B]
During the oil [E] blockade.
[Em] [E]
Conflict had been brewing for several decades at least,
[G] Increasing competition [E] for control of the East.
The [E] fight for domination by the [Bm] empires of the day,
[Em] Came down to the land of the rising [E] sun and the USA,
[B] Before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid,
[Em] [B] During the oil [E]
blockade.
[Em]
[E] The Japanese Empire [Bm] needed Indonesian oil,
[Em] But then across the Pacific Ocean, [E] so far from American soil,
The [E] US Navy made a [Bm] stand to starve Japan of fuel,
[Em] An act of war meant to [A] provoke the next move in the duel,
[B] Before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid, During the oil [E] blockade.
[Em]
[E] They still call it a sneak attack, as if it were unprovoked,
[G] History starts in [A] Hawaii, the century prior [E] revoked,
How we look back at the present [Bm] before the bomb began [Em] to burst,
Were the histories of the future, say [A] the Ayatollah fired [E] first,
[B] With imperial plans being made, in a new oil [E] blockade,
[Em]
[E] Standing here on this precipice, [A] on the edge of a world at war.
[Dm] [D] [N]
[Em] [E]
Standing here on this precious, [Dm] on the edge of a world at [Em] war,
Such a stark resemblance to [A] events of a century [E] before.
When you begin the story, [Bm] is how the story shall be defined,
[G] But to understand this history, [E] we must start earlier, rewind,
[B] To before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid, [G] [B]
During the oil [E] blockade.
[Em] [E]
Conflict had been brewing for several decades at least,
[G] Increasing competition [E] for control of the East.
The [E] fight for domination by the [Bm] empires of the day,
[Em] Came down to the land of the rising [E] sun and the USA,
[B] Before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid,
[Em] [B] During the oil [E]
blockade.
[Em]
[E] The Japanese Empire [Bm] needed Indonesian oil,
[Em] But then across the Pacific Ocean, [E] so far from American soil,
The [E] US Navy made a [Bm] stand to starve Japan of fuel,
[Em] An act of war meant to [A] provoke the next move in the duel,
[B] Before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid, During the oil [E] blockade.
[Em]
[E] They still call it a sneak attack, as if it were unprovoked,
[G] History starts in [A] Hawaii, the century prior [E] revoked,
How we look back at the present [Bm] before the bomb began [Em] to burst,
Were the histories of the future, say [A] the Ayatollah fired [E] first,
[B] With imperial plans being made, in a new oil [E] blockade,
[Em]
[E] Standing here on this precipice, [A] on the edge of a world at war.
[Dm] [D] [N]
Key:
E
Em
Bm
B
A
E
Em
Bm
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Standing here on this precious, [Dm] on the edge of a world at [Em] war,
Such a stark resemblance to [A] events of a century [E] before.
When you begin the story, [Bm] is how the story shall be defined,
[G] But to understand this history, [E] we must start earlier, rewind,
[B] To before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid, _ _ [G] _ _ [B]
During the oil [E] _ blockade. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ Conflict had been brewing for several decades at least,
_ [G] Increasing competition [E] for control of the East.
The [E] fight for domination by the [Bm] empires of the day,
[Em] Came down to the land of the rising [E] sun and the USA,
_ [B] Before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid, _
_ [Em] _ _ [B] During the oil [E]
blockade.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ The Japanese Empire [Bm] needed Indonesian oil,
[Em] But then across the Pacific Ocean, [E] so far from American soil,
The [E] US Navy made a [Bm] stand to starve Japan of fuel,
[Em] An act of war meant to [A] provoke the next move in the duel,
[B] Before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid, _ _ _ _ During the oil [E] blockade. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ They still call it a sneak attack, as if it were unprovoked,
_ [G] History starts in [A] Hawaii, the century prior [E] revoked,
How we look back at the present [Bm] before the bomb began [Em] to burst,
Were the histories of the future, say [A] the Ayatollah fired [E] first, _
[B] With imperial plans being made, _ _ _ _ in a new oil [E] _ blockade,
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ Standing here on this precipice, [A] on the edge of a world at war. _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [N] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Standing here on this precious, [Dm] on the edge of a world at [Em] war,
Such a stark resemblance to [A] events of a century [E] before.
When you begin the story, [Bm] is how the story shall be defined,
[G] But to understand this history, [E] we must start earlier, rewind,
[B] To before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid, _ _ [G] _ _ [B]
During the oil [E] _ blockade. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ Conflict had been brewing for several decades at least,
_ [G] Increasing competition [E] for control of the East.
The [E] fight for domination by the [Bm] empires of the day,
[Em] Came down to the land of the rising [E] sun and the USA,
_ [B] Before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid, _
_ [Em] _ _ [B] During the oil [E]
blockade.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ The Japanese Empire [Bm] needed Indonesian oil,
[Em] But then across the Pacific Ocean, [E] so far from American soil,
The [E] US Navy made a [Bm] stand to starve Japan of fuel,
[Em] An act of war meant to [A] provoke the next move in the duel,
[B] Before the Pearl Harbor bombing raid, _ _ _ _ During the oil [E] blockade. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ They still call it a sneak attack, as if it were unprovoked,
_ [G] History starts in [A] Hawaii, the century prior [E] revoked,
How we look back at the present [Bm] before the bomb began [Em] to burst,
Were the histories of the future, say [A] the Ayatollah fired [E] first, _
[B] With imperial plans being made, _ _ _ _ in a new oil [E] _ blockade,
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ Standing here on this precipice, [A] on the edge of a world at war. _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [N] _