Babylon System Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Am][C][Am][C]

[Verse 1]
We [Am]re
fuse [C]to be
[Am]What you wanted us to [Dm]be
We are what we are
That's [C]the way it's [G]going to [C]be,
if you [G]don't know[C]
You can't edu[Am]cate I
For [Dm]no equal opportunity (talkin' 'bout
[F]my freedom)
Talkin' 'bout my freedom
People [C]freedom and [G]liberty![C]
[G]Yeah, we've bee[C]n trodding on
the winepress [Am]much too long
Re[Dm]bel, rebel!
[G]Yes, we've been tro[C]dding on
the [Am]winepress much too long
Re[Dm]bel, re[G]bel!

[Verse 2]
Babylon [G]system is the vam[F]pire,
[C]yea! [F](vampire)
Suckin' the children day by [C]day, [G]yeah!
Me say de Babylon system is the vam[F]pire,
fall[C]ing [F]empire,
Suckin' the blood of the sufferer[C]s,
[G]yeah!
Building church and university,
[F]wooh, [C]yea[F]h!
Deceiving the people continually,
[C]yea[G]h!
Me say them graduatin'
thieves and [F]murderers[C]
Look out [F]now they suckin' the blood
of [C]the sufferers (suffer[G]ers)
Yea! (sufferers)

[Verse 3]
Tell the children the [G]truth[C]
Tell [G]the children [Am]the truth[F]
Tell the children [G]the truth right now!
Come on an[C]d tell the children the t[Am]ruth[F]
Tell the children the [G]truth[C]
Tell the children [Am]the truth[F]
Tell the children [G]the truth
Come [C]on and tell the
[Am]children the truth

[Verse 4]
'Cause, 'cause we've [C]been trodding on
ya [Am]winepress much too long
[Dm]Rebel, re[G]bel!
And we've been [C]takin' for
[Am]granted much too long
Re[Dm]bel, rebel!

[Verse 5]
[G](Tr[C]odding on the winepress) Trodding on the
[Am]winepress [Dm](rebel)
Got to rebel, y'all (rebel)
[G]We've [C]been trodding on the [Am]winepress much too long,
[Dm]yeah! (rebel)
[G]Yeah! (rebel) Yeah! Yeah!

[Verse 6]
From [C]the very day we left the shores
(trod[Am]ding on the winepress)
Of our Father's land (rebel)
[Dm]We've been trampled
[G]on (rebel)
[C]Oh now! (takin' for granted) Lord, Lord