Verse 1:
AmAmFG
This the beginning of the end.
AmAmFG
This the most hei nous of crimes.
AmAmFG
This the deadliest of sins,
AmAmFG
the greatest violation__ of all time.
ChorusAm (let ring) (Am7)FG
Mother of us all, place of our birth.
Am (let ring) (Am7)FG
We all are witness to the rape of the world.
Verse 2:
AmAmFG
You've seen her stripped mined.
AmAmFG
You've heard of bombs exploded underground.
AmAmFG
You know the sun shines
AmAmFG
hotter than ever before.
ChorusAm (let ring) (Am7)FG
Mother of us all, place of our birth.
Am (let ring) (Am7)FG
We all are witness to the rape of the world.
Verse 3:
AmAmFG
Some claim to have crowned her(spoken) a queen.
AmAmFG
(sung)with cities of concrete and steel.
AmAmFG
But there is no glory, no honor
AmAmFG
in what results from the rape of the world
ChorusAm (let ring) (Am7)FG
Mother of us all, place of our birth.
Am (let ring) (Am7)FG
We all are witness to the rape of the world.
Verse 4:
AmAmFG
She has been clear cut.
AmAmFG
She has been dumped on.
AmAmFG
She has been poisond and (laodly sung) beaten up.
AmAmFG
And we've been witness to the rape of the world.
ChorusAm (let ring) (Am7)FG
Mother of us all, place of our birth.
Am (let ring) (Am7)
How can we stand aside
FG
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)AmAm
If you look, you'll see it with your own eyes.
FG
If you listen, you will hear her cries.
AmAm
If you care, you will stand and testify...
(now the rythm continues normally)
FG
and stop the rape of the world.
AmAmFG
stop the rape of the world.
AmAm
: Mother of us all
FG
Mother of us all:
Am (let ring)
Mother of us all Mother of us
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.