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Short memory(Chords)

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	        Am              C   Dm                    C   Dm
1. Conquistador of Mexico, the Zulu and the Navajo
                         C             Dm       
    the Belgians in the Congo, short Memory.
          Dm         C Dm                       C  Dm
    Plantation in Virginia, the Raj in British India,
                         C                 Dm    
    the deadline in South Africa, short Memory.
      Dm            C     Dm                      C    Dm
    The story of El Salvador, the silence of Hiroshima,
                   C              A
    destruction of Cambodia, short Memory
 
   Am        F                  C         F-G-Am         F
Short memory, must have a     sho........rt memory
   Am           F               C          F-G-Am        F        - E 
Short memory, must have a     sho........rt memory
 
     Dm              C        Dm                   C       Dm
2. The sight of hotels by the Nile, the designated Hilton style,
            C                                       Dm    
    with running water specially bought, short memory.
      Dm                     C   Dm                      C        Dm
    A smallish man Afghanistan, a watchdog in a nervous land,
     Dm                 C                       Dm    ~
    they're only there to lend a hand, short memory.
     Dm                 C        Dm                       C       Dm
    The friendly five a dusty smile, wake up in sweat at dead of night,
             C                                 A   
    and in the tents new rifles, hey, short memory.
 
   Am           F               C       F-G-Am          F
Short memory, must have a     sho........rt memory
   Am           F              C         F-G-Am         F
Short memory, must have a     sho........rt memory.    (2x) .....
	        

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