After The Revolution(Chords)

	        Intro 
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Verse 1:
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It was a time I'll always remember 
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I could never forget 
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How reality came down around us 
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Like some Western movie set 
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And when the dust all settled 
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The sun shone so   bright 
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And a great calm took over us 
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Like it was all gonna be alright 
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  That's how it felt   to be alive 
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Verse 2:
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From Groton to Tacoma 
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On many a factory floor 
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The workers talked of solidarity 
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And refused to build weapons of   war 
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No more will we make missiles 
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We're gonna do something different 
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  And for the first   time 
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Their children were proud of their parents 
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  And somewhere in Gaza  a little boy smiled and cried 
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Prison doors swung open 
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Mothers hugged their sons 
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The Liberty Bell was ringing 
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When the cops put down their guns 
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A million innocent people 
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Lit up in the springtime air 
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And Mumia and Leonard and Sarah Jane Olson 
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Took a walk in Tompkins Square 
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  And they talked about     what they'd do now 
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Debts were all forgiven 
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In all the neo-colonies 
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Soldiers left their bases 
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Went back to their families 
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A non-aggression treaty 
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Was signed with every sovereign state 
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All the terrorist groups disbanded 
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With no empire left to hate 
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  And they all started      planting   olive trees 
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George Bush and Henry Kissinger 
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Were sent off to the World Court 
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Their plans for global domination 
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Were pre-emptively cut short 
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Their weapons of mass destruction 
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Were inspected and destroyed 
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Battleships dismantled 
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Never again to be deployed 
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  And the world     breathed   a sigh of relief 
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Solar panels were on the rooftops 
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Trains upon the tracks 
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Organic food was in the markets 
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No GMO's upon the racks 
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And all the billionaires 
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Had to learn how to   share 
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Bill Gates was told to quit his whining 
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When he said it wasn't   fair 
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  And his mansion     became    a collective   farm 
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And all the political poets 
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Couldn't think of what to say 
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So they all decided 
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To live life for today 
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I spent a few years   catching up 
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With all my friends and   lovers 
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  Sleeping til eleven 
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Home beneath the covers 
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  And I learned         how to play the accordion 
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After the revolution 

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