To Kill The Child

Intro: C#m A 

 
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 The child lay in the starlit night 
                        A 
Safe in the glow of his Donald Duck light 
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How strange to choose to end a life 
                                    A 
How strange to choose to kill a child 

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 Hoover, Blaupunkt, Nissan, Jeep 
                          A 
Nike, Adidas, Lacoste and cheaper brands 

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Cadillac, Amtrak, gasoline, diesel 
                                  A 
Our standard of living, could this be a reason 
 

 
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 That we would choose to kill the child (Choose to kill) 
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 That we would choose to kill the child 
 

 
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Allah, Jehovah, Buddha, Christ 
                          A 
Confucius and Kali and red beans and rice 
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Goujons of sole, ris de veau, ham hocks 
                         A 
Lox bagels and bones and commandments in stone 
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The Bible, Koran, Shinto, Islam 
                     A 
Prosciutto, risotto, falafel, and ham 
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Is it dogma, doughnuts, ridicule, faith 
                     A 
Fear of the dark, or shame, or disgrace 
 

 
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 That we would choose to kill the child 
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 That we would choose to kill the child 
 

 
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It's cold in the desert and the space is too big 
                                           A 
The rope is too short and the walls are too thick 
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I will show you no weakness, I will mock you in song 
                       A 
Berate and deride you, belittle and chide you 
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Beat you with sticks and bulldoze your home 
                            A 
You can watch my triumphant procession to Rome 
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Best seat in the house up there on the cross 
                     A 
Is it anger or envy, profit or loss 
 

 
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 That we would choose to kill the child 
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 That we would choose to kill the child  

Solo:

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Dmaj7 F#m 

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Outro: 

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Take this child and hold him closely 
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Keep him safe from the holy reign of terror 
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Take this child hold him closely 
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Take this child to the moral high ground 
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Where he can look down on the bigots and bully boys 
A                           Gdim 
Slugging it out in the yard