Key: G
Introduction:
G
Gather round on ma's knee,
C G
to read this week's letter.
G
I wonder what will be,
C G
we hope the news is better.
G C G
The men here die like flies ma,
G C G
I bandaged their blinded eyes ma,
D
And the kids with their aching feet
G
Ain't got nothing to eat ma.
G C G
The hospital has no door dad,
G C G
Soldiers lie on the floor dead,
D
Oh I did my best,
G
but I can't take anymore dad
G
Rachel's coming home
D
Rachel's coming home
C G
Oh and I don't think she'll go away again
G
Rachel's seen the light
D
The world's too big to fight
C G
and I don't think she'll go away again
D C D C
My dear family
G
The world and people in it
G
Gºthe
D
But there's not a man black or white
G
Who can never hope to stop them