The Dream Of The Generations - Canadian Cultural Workers' Committee Chords
Chords: G, C, D, Bm, Am, Em, B, F#, A, E
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Genre: protest song, political rock, activist music
[Verse 1]
G C G
For us, the younger generation
D
There is but only one cause,
G Bm C
The cause of social and national liberation
Am G D G
Inherited from the old generations
[Verse 2]
Em
When we were younger and not old enough
C Bm
We heard the songs of the coming revolution,
Em
We heard the rich cursing, haunted but by one thought -
G D G
The vision of impending revolution.
[Verse 3]
B C F# G Em
Fathers brought home the thoughts of their mates
Bm C F# B Em
Excited discussions coated with secret joy
A Bm Em F# B
In anticipation of the day when exploitation will end.
C G B Em
The dream of our fathers and mothers - the seething volcano.
[Verse 4]
G C G
We saw the faces of workers lit up only
D
When they again received the news
G Bm C
Of the impending revolution - of the new world.
Am G D G
Those days we spent plotting the old world's destruction.
[Verse 5]
Em
The dream - without exploitation and wage-slavery,
C Bm
Dream of the dignity of the working man,
Em
Of the producer - the modern proletariat -
G D G
The gravedigger of the bourgeoisie.
[Verse 6]
B C F# G Em
Red flags, hot tempers, manifestos of revolutionary change,
Bm C F# B Em
The blueprint of the new world, according to the inherent laws,
A Bm Em F# B
Clenched fists, fearlessly advancing against the bayonets,
C G B Em
Unshakeable and undefeated, the old generation bequeathed us revolution.
[Verse 7]
G C G
The dream of the progressive - the enlightened,
D
Of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin -
G Bm C
Of Marxist-Leninists, of workers of all countries,
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