Woody Guthrie

Tear The Fascists Down(Chords)

Woody Guthrie

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Intro 
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There's a great and a bloody fight 'round this whole world tonight 
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And the battle, the bombs and shrapnel rain 
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Hitler told the world around he would tear our union down 
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But our union's gonna break them slavery chains 
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Our union's gonna break them slavery chains 

verse 1 
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I walked up on a mountain in the middle of the sky 
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Could see every farm and every town 
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I could see all the people in this whole wide world 
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That's the union that'll tear the fascists down, down, down 
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That's the union that'll tear the fascists down 
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When I think of the men and the ships going down 
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While the Russians fight on across the Don 
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There's London in ruins and Paris in chains 
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Good people, what are we waiting on? 
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Good people, what are we waiting on? 

verse 2 
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So, I thank the Soviets and the mighty Chinese vets 
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The Allies the whole wide world around 
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To the battling British, thanks, you can have ten million Yanks 
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If it takes 'me to tear the fascists down, down, down 
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If it takes 'me to tear the fascists down But 
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when I think of the ships and the men going down 
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And the Russians fight on across the Don 
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There's London in ruins and Paris in chains 
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Good people, what are we waiting on? 
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Good people, what are we waiting on? 

Outro 
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So I thank the Soviets and the mighty Chinese vets 
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The Allies the whole wide world around 
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To the battling British, thanks, you can have ten million Yanks 
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If it takes 'me to tear the fascists down, down, down 
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If it takes 'me to tear the fascists down
	        

Written by Woody Guthrie

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