Nicaragua - Bruce Cockburn Chords
Chords: A, D, G, Bm7, Em7, F#m, E, Esus7, Bm7/E
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Genre: folk, rock, protest
[Intro]
A D A
A D A
A D A G D Bm7 Em7
[Verse 1]
A D A
Breakfast woodsmoke on the breeze --
A D A
On the cliff the U.S. Embassy
A D A G D Bm7 Em7
Frowns out over Managua like Dracula's tower.
A D A
The kid who guards Fonseca's tomb
A D A
Cradles a beat-up submachine gun --
A D A G D Bm7 Em7
At age fifteen he's a veteran of four years of war
{Pre-chorus]
F#m E A
Proud to pay his dues
F#m E A
He knows who turns the screws
F#m Esus7
Baby face and old man's eyes
[Verse 2]
A D A
Blue lagoon and flowering trees --
A D A
Bullet-packed masaya streets
A D A G D Bm7 Em7
Full of the ghosts of the heroes of Mo- nimbo
A D A
Women of the town laundry
A D A
Work and gossip and laugh at me --
A D A G D Bm7 Em7
They don't believe I'll ever send them the pictures I took.
{Pre-chorus]
F#m E A
For every scar on a wall
F#m E A
There's a hole in someone's heart
F#m Esus7
Where a loved one's memory lives
[Chorus]
D E
In the flash of this moment
D E
You're the best of what we are --
D E
Don't let them stop you now
Bm7/E A
Nicaragua
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