Were History Finale Song - Horrible Histories Chords
Chords: Bb, F, Eb, Gm, Cm, Dm, Ab, G, C, Am
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Genre: musical, comedy, children's
[Intro]
Bb F Eb
Bb F Eb
[Verse 1]
Bb F Eb F
Stone Age brought you speech, farms, the wheel and fire.
Bb F Eb
Then metal was explored which meant we could make swords to kill, and build
F
empires.
F Eb F Eb
Think Ancient Egypt was nicer? Pharaoh’s tombs, lovely shrines?
Bb F Eb
But some were living graves for hundreds of poor slaves and pig’s eye was our
F
cure for the blind.
Eb F
Greek civilisation our creation, drama and philosophy.
Gm F Eb F
But Sparta praised lying; celebrated dying and Hippocrates drank wee.
[Chorus 1]
F Bb F
We’re History.
Gm Bb
We brought you bloodshed.
Eb Bb
Greek excursions to battle the Persians.
Cm F
Disembowelling our dead.
Bb F Dm Eb
Together we made the world a little bit grim.
Eb Cm
We’re History.
F Bb
Could be fairly dim.
[Verse 2]
Bb F Eb F
We Romans brought you roads and public medicine
Bb F Eb
Gladiator fighting, feeding men to lions, burning Christians. That kind of
F
thing, you know.
F Eb F Eb
Then came the Middle Ages; Saxons, Normans, Vikings, Celts,
Bb F Eb F
A time of invasion, feudalism, famine, Black Death, bubos and welts.
Eb F
1066 saw Harold in a fix as William conquered all.
Gm F Eb F
What was the bettin’ an arrow in his retina would lead to his downfall?
[Chorus 2]
F Bb F
We’re History.
Gm Bb
We brought invasion and strife.
Eb Bb Cm F
We attacked monasteries, said “Give us gold, please”, then we took your life.
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