Chords
If You Tolerate This

Key: A

Introduction:  Am   Em   F   C  

 Am                                               Em 
The future teaches you to be alone
         F                                                               C 
The present to be afraid and cold
               F                                                     C 
'So if I can shoot rabbits then I can
             G 
shoot fascists'
 Am                             Em 
Bullets for your brain today
         F                                                       C 
But we'll forget it all again
                     F 
Monuments put from pen to paper
 C                                                             G 
Turns me into a gutless wonder
                       Dm 
And if you tolerate this
 Am                                                                 G 
then your children will be next
                       Dm 
And if you tolerate this
 Am                                                                 G 
then your children will be next,
will be next, will be next, will be next

 Am                       Em 
Gravity keeps my head down
 F                           C 
Or is it maybe shame
       F                                   C               G 
At being so young and being so vain
 Am                       Em 
Holes in your head today
         F         C 
but I'm a pascifist
           F 
I've walked La Ramblas
 C                                                   G 
but not with real intent
                       Dm 
And if you tolerate this
 Am                                                 G 
then your children will be next
                         Dm 
And if you tolerate this
 Am                                                                 G 
then your children will be next,
will be next, will be next, will be next

           Dm                       Am 
'And on the street tonight-
                       G 
An old man plays
           Dm                                 Am                     G 
with newspaper cuttings of his glory days
                       Dm 
And if you tolerate this
 Am                                                 G 
Then your children will be next
                       Dm 
And if you tolerate this
 Am                                                                 G 
Then your children will be next,
Will be next, will be next, will be next