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            "Through The Barricades"
[Simple intro] (not original)
G Em Bm7 Cadd9 D
[Verse]
G                   Em                  Bm7
     Mother doesn't know where love has gone
Cadd9             Em                 F                C
     She says it must be youth that keeps us feeling strong
G                    Em                    Bm7
     I see it in her face that's turned to ice
Cadd9              Em                  Cadd9          D
     And when she smiles she shows the lines of sacrifice
[Chorus]
          Cadd9             D
And now I know what they're saying
       G     D/F#    Em
As our sun begins to fade
       Cadd9            Am   
And we made our love on wasteland
    D                G
And through the barricades
[Verse]
G           Em           Bm7
     Father made my history
Cadd9               Em                    F              C
     He fought for what he thought would set us somehow free
G              Em                Bm7
     He taught me what to say in school
Cadd9              Em              Cadd9               D
     I learned it off by heart but now that's torn in two
[Chorus]
          Cadd9             D
And now I know what they're saying
       G               Em
In the music of the parade
       Cadd9            Am   
And we made our love on wasteland
    D             Fmaj7    C G
And through the barricades
[Verse]
G              Em               Bm7
     Born on different sides of life
Cadd9        Em                F
     But we feel the same and feel all of this strife
G               Em            Bm7
     So come to me when I'm asleep
Cadd9           Em                 Cadd9          D
     And we'll cross the line and dance upon the streets
[Chorus]
          Cadd9             D
And now I know what they're saying
       G     D/F#    Em
As the drums begin to fade
       Cadd9            Am   
And we made our love on wasteland
    D                G
And through the barricades
[Bridge]
F    F   Cadd9                G
     Oh, turn around and I'll be there
               F                     Cadd9                    G
Well there's a scar right through my heart but I'll bare it again
      F                         Cadd9
Oh, I thought we were the human race
            G                       Em
But we were just another borderline case
        Cadd9
And the stars reach down and tell us
             D
That there's always one escape
    G              D/F#                 Em7
Oooooh,    I don't know where love has gone
Cadd9             Em                Cadd9             D
     And in this troubled land desperation keeps us strong
G             D/F#             G/B
     Friday's child is full of soul
Cadd9              Em                    Cadd9         D
     With nothing left to lose, there's everything to go
[Chorus]
          Cadd9             D
And now I know what they're saying
       G        D/F#        Em
It's a terrible beauty we've made
      Cadd9            Am   
So we make our love on wasteland
    D                G
And through the barricades
          Cadd9             D
And now I know what they're saying
       Em        D        C     
As our hearts go to their graves
       Cadd9            Am      C
And we made our love on wasteland
    D                F
And through the barricades
[Outro]
F C  F C 
        
                