rape of the world by tracy chapman
Key: AmAm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Verse 1:
Am7          Am7        F         G
  This the beginning  of the end.
Am7              Am7         F      G
  This the most hei  nous of crimes.
Am7        Am7             F    G
  This the deadliest    of sins,
Am7               Am7      F            G
  the greatest violation__ of all time.
Chorus
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)                F G
                Mother of us all,  place of our birth.
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)                   F        G
                We all are witness   to the rape of the world.
Verse 2:
Am7               Am7      F         G
  You've seen her stripped mined.
Am7               Am7            F          G
  You've heard of bombs exploded underground.
Am7            Am7              F   G
  You know the sun shines
Am7           Am7           F   G
  hotter than ever before.
Chorus
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)                F G
                Mother of us all,  place of our birth.
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)                   F        G
                We all are witness   to the rape of the world.
   
  Verse 3:
Am7                  Am7              F               G
  Some claim to have crowned   her(spoken) a queen.
Am7               Am7                 F        G
(sung)with cities of concrete   and steel.
Am7              Am7           F     G
 But there is no glory, no honor
Am7            Am7       F          G
     in what results  from the rape of the world
Chorus
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)             F G
                Mother of us all,  place of our birth.
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)                F        G
                We all are witness  to the rape of the world.
Verse 4:
Am7            Am7    F   G
  She has been clear cut.
Am7            Am7           F   G
  She has been dumped on.
Am7            Am7          F                      G
  She has been poisond and (laodly sung) beaten up.
Am7           Am7        F        G
  And we've been witness   to the rape of the world.
Chorus
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)               F G
                Mother of us all,  place of our birth.
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)
                How can we stand aside
F             G
and watch the rape of the world?
(Now the rythm changes, just hammer on the strings with your open ´hand while playing
chords Am7, F and G)
Am7                  Am7
 If you look, you'll see it with your own eyes.
F               G
 If you listen, you will hear her cries.
Am7           Am7
 If you care, you will stand and testify...
(now the rythm continues normally)
F              G
  and stop the rape of the world.
Am7   Am7
F          G
  stop the rape of the world.
 Am7    Am7
:       Mother of us all
 F      G
        Mother of us all: 
Am7 (let ring)
        Mother of us all       Mother of us