Chords for They All Sang the Internationale
Tempo:
119.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
Gm
A
D
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] Katharina Jäger, long before she [Gm] took that name,
[Am] Was [Bm] organizing [D] workers in Hamburg just the same.
[Gm] [G] Organizing [D] beneath the flag of [G] deepest red, [A] A new dawn of peace and freedom [G] clearly shining
in her head.
Katharina Jäger first was sent to jail, [A] When the trappings of democracy [D] all began to fail.
She was [A] frequently arrested in and out of custody,
[G] While [Am] her first husband was in hiding [G]
from the Nazis.
Katharina Jäger was acquitted of a crime, [D] But the Gestapo had the last word,
And they weren't finished with her this time.
She was sent to Ravensbruck, A [Dm] killing hunger at her side.
[Am] She heard of the [Bm] execution, How [C] her second husband died,
For [A] Katharina Jäger, The end was close at [Gm] hand.
She was on a [Bm] death [G] march, With a ragged [D] starving band,
[Gm] Marching through a forest, Being led by the [G] SS.
[A] What would happen [G] hours later, Seemed impossible to guess.
When the sun rose the next morning, [D] It was the [Gm] first of May,
And [Am] they all [G] sang the Internationale.
[A] They all sang the
[Gm] Internationale.
[G] Katharina Jäger thought about [Gm] her children, [D] And the friends [G] and comrades [D] taking care of them.
Not [G] knowing yet, [Dm] If any of [Gm] them survived.
[Am] Not knowing that [Bm] soon, [C] She'd see her daughters both alive.
[G] Katharina Jäger [Dm] watched the German [G] soldiers flee,
[A] Streaming from the east, That's what she was seeing.
[D] [Gm]
Allied bombers flew above them, She thought they all might die,
And then, [Am] soon there was [G] the silence, Of all the SS men.
When the sun rose the next morning, [A] It was the [Gm] first of May,
[A] And they all sang the [Gm]
Internationale.
[A] They all sang the [G] [Gm] Internationale.
[G]
Katharina Jakob saw [D] red flags, Flapping in the [Gm] breeze,
Above [G] the Russian tanks, And [D] she fell upon her knees.
[Gm] And so many [G] different voices, In so many different tongues,
[Am] Sang [G] the most beautiful song, That could ever have been sung.
In German, Lithuanian, [D] In Polish [Gm] and in Dutch,
[A] A myriad of melodies, As never had [D] been such.
[G] In Russian and in Yiddish, [D] Italian [Gm] and French,
[Am]
Emerging [G] from the forests beneath a trench.
When the sun rose the next morning, It was the [Gm] first of May,
[A] And they all sang the [Gm] Internationale.
When the sun rose the next morning, It was the first of May,
[A] And they all sang the [G] Internationale.
[A] They all sang the [G] [Gm]
Internationale.
[A] [Gm]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[G] The Internationale, It's a fight for human rights.
[Gm]
[Am] Was [Bm] organizing [D] workers in Hamburg just the same.
[Gm] [G] Organizing [D] beneath the flag of [G] deepest red, [A] A new dawn of peace and freedom [G] clearly shining
in her head.
Katharina Jäger first was sent to jail, [A] When the trappings of democracy [D] all began to fail.
She was [A] frequently arrested in and out of custody,
[G] While [Am] her first husband was in hiding [G]
from the Nazis.
Katharina Jäger was acquitted of a crime, [D] But the Gestapo had the last word,
And they weren't finished with her this time.
She was sent to Ravensbruck, A [Dm] killing hunger at her side.
[Am] She heard of the [Bm] execution, How [C] her second husband died,
For [A] Katharina Jäger, The end was close at [Gm] hand.
She was on a [Bm] death [G] march, With a ragged [D] starving band,
[Gm] Marching through a forest, Being led by the [G] SS.
[A] What would happen [G] hours later, Seemed impossible to guess.
When the sun rose the next morning, [D] It was the [Gm] first of May,
And [Am] they all [G] sang the Internationale.
[A] They all sang the
[Gm] Internationale.
[G] Katharina Jäger thought about [Gm] her children, [D] And the friends [G] and comrades [D] taking care of them.
Not [G] knowing yet, [Dm] If any of [Gm] them survived.
[Am] Not knowing that [Bm] soon, [C] She'd see her daughters both alive.
[G] Katharina Jäger [Dm] watched the German [G] soldiers flee,
[A] Streaming from the east, That's what she was seeing.
[D] [Gm]
Allied bombers flew above them, She thought they all might die,
And then, [Am] soon there was [G] the silence, Of all the SS men.
When the sun rose the next morning, [A] It was the [Gm] first of May,
[A] And they all sang the [Gm]
Internationale.
[A] They all sang the [G] [Gm] Internationale.
[G]
Katharina Jakob saw [D] red flags, Flapping in the [Gm] breeze,
Above [G] the Russian tanks, And [D] she fell upon her knees.
[Gm] And so many [G] different voices, In so many different tongues,
[Am] Sang [G] the most beautiful song, That could ever have been sung.
In German, Lithuanian, [D] In Polish [Gm] and in Dutch,
[A] A myriad of melodies, As never had [D] been such.
[G] In Russian and in Yiddish, [D] Italian [Gm] and French,
[Am]
Emerging [G] from the forests beneath a trench.
When the sun rose the next morning, It was the [Gm] first of May,
[A] And they all sang the [Gm] Internationale.
When the sun rose the next morning, It was the first of May,
[A] And they all sang the [G] Internationale.
[A] They all sang the [G] [Gm]
Internationale.
[A] [Gm]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[G] The Internationale, It's a fight for human rights.
[Gm]
Key:
G
Gm
A
D
Am
G
Gm
A
_ _ _ _ [A] Katharina Jäger, long before she [Gm] took that name,
[Am] Was [Bm] organizing [D] workers in Hamburg just the same. _ _
[Gm] _ _ [G] Organizing [D] beneath the flag of [G] deepest red, [A] A new dawn of peace and freedom [G] clearly shining
in her head.
_ _ _ Katharina Jäger _ first was sent to jail, [A] When the trappings of democracy [D] all began to fail.
She was [A] frequently arrested in and out of custody,
[G] While [Am] her first husband was in hiding [G]
from the Nazis.
_ _ _ Katharina Jäger _ was acquitted of a crime, [D] But the Gestapo had the last word,
And they weren't finished with her this time.
She was sent to Ravensbruck, A [Dm] killing hunger at her side.
[Am] She heard of the [Bm] execution, How [C] her second husband died, _ _
For [A] Katharina Jäger, The end was close at [Gm] hand.
She was on a [Bm] death [G] march, With a ragged [D] starving band,
[Gm] _ Marching through a forest, Being led by the [G] SS.
[A] What would happen [G] hours later, Seemed impossible to guess.
_ _ When the sun rose the next morning, [D] It was the [Gm] first of May,
And [Am] they all [G] sang the _ _ _ _ Internationale.
[A] They all sang the _
_ _ [Gm] Internationale. _ _ _ _
_ [G] Katharina Jäger _ thought about [Gm] her children, [D] And the friends [G] and comrades [D] taking care of them.
_ _ Not [G] knowing yet, [Dm] If any of [Gm] them survived.
[Am] Not knowing that [Bm] soon, [C] She'd see her daughters both alive.
_ [G] _ Katharina Jäger [Dm] watched the German [G] soldiers flee,
_ [A] _ Streaming from the east, That's what she was seeing.
_ [D] _ _ [Gm]
Allied bombers flew above them, She thought they all might die,
And then, _ [Am] soon there was [G] the silence, Of all the SS men.
_ _ When the sun rose the next morning, [A] It was the [Gm] first of May,
[A] And they all sang the [Gm] _ _
_ _ Internationale.
[A] They all sang the _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ Internationale.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Katharina Jakob saw [D] red flags, Flapping in the [Gm] breeze,
Above [G] the Russian tanks, And [D] she fell upon her knees.
[Gm] And so many [G] different voices, In so many different tongues,
[Am] Sang [G] the most beautiful song, That could ever have been sung.
In German, _ Lithuanian, [D] In Polish [Gm] and in Dutch,
[A] A myriad of melodies, As never had [D] been such.
[G] In Russian and in Yiddish, _ [D] Italian [Gm] and French,
_ [Am]
Emerging [G] from the forests beneath a trench. _ _
_ _ When the sun rose the next morning, It was the [Gm] first of May,
[A] And they all sang the _ _ _ _ [Gm] Internationale.
When the sun rose the next morning, It was the first of May,
[A] And they all sang the _ [G] _ _ _ Internationale.
[A] They all sang the _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _
Internationale. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] The Internationale, It's a fight for human rights. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Am] Was [Bm] organizing [D] workers in Hamburg just the same. _ _
[Gm] _ _ [G] Organizing [D] beneath the flag of [G] deepest red, [A] A new dawn of peace and freedom [G] clearly shining
in her head.
_ _ _ Katharina Jäger _ first was sent to jail, [A] When the trappings of democracy [D] all began to fail.
She was [A] frequently arrested in and out of custody,
[G] While [Am] her first husband was in hiding [G]
from the Nazis.
_ _ _ Katharina Jäger _ was acquitted of a crime, [D] But the Gestapo had the last word,
And they weren't finished with her this time.
She was sent to Ravensbruck, A [Dm] killing hunger at her side.
[Am] She heard of the [Bm] execution, How [C] her second husband died, _ _
For [A] Katharina Jäger, The end was close at [Gm] hand.
She was on a [Bm] death [G] march, With a ragged [D] starving band,
[Gm] _ Marching through a forest, Being led by the [G] SS.
[A] What would happen [G] hours later, Seemed impossible to guess.
_ _ When the sun rose the next morning, [D] It was the [Gm] first of May,
And [Am] they all [G] sang the _ _ _ _ Internationale.
[A] They all sang the _
_ _ [Gm] Internationale. _ _ _ _
_ [G] Katharina Jäger _ thought about [Gm] her children, [D] And the friends [G] and comrades [D] taking care of them.
_ _ Not [G] knowing yet, [Dm] If any of [Gm] them survived.
[Am] Not knowing that [Bm] soon, [C] She'd see her daughters both alive.
_ [G] _ Katharina Jäger [Dm] watched the German [G] soldiers flee,
_ [A] _ Streaming from the east, That's what she was seeing.
_ [D] _ _ [Gm]
Allied bombers flew above them, She thought they all might die,
And then, _ [Am] soon there was [G] the silence, Of all the SS men.
_ _ When the sun rose the next morning, [A] It was the [Gm] first of May,
[A] And they all sang the [Gm] _ _
_ _ Internationale.
[A] They all sang the _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ Internationale.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Katharina Jakob saw [D] red flags, Flapping in the [Gm] breeze,
Above [G] the Russian tanks, And [D] she fell upon her knees.
[Gm] And so many [G] different voices, In so many different tongues,
[Am] Sang [G] the most beautiful song, That could ever have been sung.
In German, _ Lithuanian, [D] In Polish [Gm] and in Dutch,
[A] A myriad of melodies, As never had [D] been such.
[G] In Russian and in Yiddish, _ [D] Italian [Gm] and French,
_ [Am]
Emerging [G] from the forests beneath a trench. _ _
_ _ When the sun rose the next morning, It was the [Gm] first of May,
[A] And they all sang the _ _ _ _ [Gm] Internationale.
When the sun rose the next morning, It was the first of May,
[A] And they all sang the _ [G] _ _ _ Internationale.
[A] They all sang the _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _
Internationale. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] The Internationale, It's a fight for human rights. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _