Twenty Tons Of T.N.T. Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]I h[A]ave[D] seen it es timate[A]d
somewhere
[Bm]between death and [D]birth
There are [Bm]now three [Em]thou
sand million [A]people
[Bm]living on this [D]earth
And the [G]stockpiled [D]mass destruction
[Bm]of t[Em]he nuclear p[A]owers that be
[Bm]Equals [D]for each [A]man or woman
20 [Bm]tons of [A]TNT[D][G][A]
[D]Every man of [Bm]every[Em] nation[A]
[Bm]20 tons of T[G]NT
[D]Shall receive thi[Bm]s al [G]locatio[A]n
[Bm]20 tons of T[G]NT
[D]Tex[G]an, Bantu, [D]Slav or Māori,
[Em]Argentine or [A]Singalee
[Bm]Every [D]maiden [G]brings this [A]dowry,
twenty [Bm]tons [A]of TNT.[D]
Not for [Bm]thirty [Em]sil ver shill[A]ing,
[Bm]twenty tons of TNT.
[D]Twenty tho[Bm]usand pounds a[A] -killing,
[Bm]twenty tons of [G]TNT.[D]
[G]Twenty hundred [Bm]years of teaching,
[Em]give to each his [A]legacy.
Pla[Bm]to, B[D]uddha, C[A]hrist, or Lenin,
[Bm]20 tons of T[D]NT.[D]
Father, [Bm]mother, [Em]son and [Bm]daughter,[A]
[D]Give us [Bm]land and [G]seed
[A]and water.[D][Bm][A][D]
[G]Children have no [A]need of [D]sharing,
[Em]At each a new nativi[A]ty,
[Bm]Come, [D]the ghostly mage [A]I bearing,
[Bm]twenty tons of [A]TNT.[D][A]
[D]Ends the tal[Bm]e that has[Em] no seque[A]l,
[Bm]twenty tons of [G]TNT.
[D]Now in dea[Bm]th are all[G] men equ[A]al,
[Bm]twenty tons of [A]TNT.[D]
[G]Teach me how [D]to love [Bm]my neighbour,
[Em]do to him as [A]he to me.
Share [D]the fruits of all [A]our labour.
[Bm]Twenty tonnes of TNT.[A][D]