Same Song, Different War

Nick Torres

Here is my try at a good old fashioned protest song. I tried to imagine I was writing in the sixties, and CSNY, Buffalo Springfield and Creedence were everywhere on the radio. I used a website called Audimee to generate the call and response. Everything else is me.

Same Song, Different War

Em     G      D vamp on Em

Em            G            D            Em

Sunrise on the Gulf Coast, black gold slickin’ the waves
        G            D                    Em
They’re sweeping up more people in the Capital today
Em            G            D            Em
They’re down in Caracas city, snatchin’ folks off the street

    G            D                        Em
and laughter’s heard miles away at the palace in DC

CHORUS
            Em           G            Em
Tin soldiers marchin’, same song, different war
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Take it to the streets,, like we did before
        Em                 D                       Em
If they’re blacking out their names, lets shout them through the night
               C            G                Em
Tell me, brother, What will they take before you start to fight?

Em            G        D                Em
A golden tower of rot and hate they polish it with lies
        G            D                    Em
people twisting words of a man up in the sky
Em            G            D            Em
Signing little favors with invisible Golden ink

don’t let fake plastic people tell you what to think

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
C                    G
No judge, no jury, just a midnight knock on the door
    D                        Em

They say it’s for security, but we’ve heard that line before

C            G
From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iran
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The only thing they’re protectin’ is the power in their hand

You hear the children screaming, like they did before
Another generation’s dream, crushed and on the floor

They’re buildin’ up their empires, more is what they need

But we can grow resistance, if we just plant the seed

CHORUS

How much longer, people?
How much more can we take?

Before we rise up together, for freedom’s holy sake?