Give Peace a Second Chance

Release Date:
Saturday, 25 December 2021 (Christmas Day)

Contributors:
Chris Lane, Ed Ellis

Ableton Live Project
Mixed Masters
Mixed Stems
Unmixed Tracks

Key:             A
BPM:             90

Instrument:      Guitar
Tuning:          E A D G B E
Capo:            -

A                x-0-2-2-2-0
D                x-x-0-2-3-2
C#m              x-4-6-6-5-4
E                x-7-9-9-9-7
F#               2-4-4-3-2-2
E/G#             4-x-x-4-5-4
F#/A#            x-1-x-3-2-2
B                x-2-4-4-4-2
A7               x-0-2-0-2-0
B7               x-2-1-2-0-2
C#m7             x-4-2-1-0-x

[Intro]

A  D  C#m

A                D        C#m
Their gazes fell upon one succulent spread

A             D                 C#m
Too polite to begin, small talk reigned instead

     E                  F#                  E            C#m
When Arwen quipped that Christmas shouldn’t wait for any elf

         E                 F#            E               C#m
That the world is ruled by those who can give to themselves

A                   D                     C#m
Pippin cried in the old days they used to get in line

A                  D             C#m
You’d all get some grub, maybe a little wine?

E                   F#         E       C#m
Rina bellowing that she was so very confused

        E                F#             E           C#m
Had the thought police arrived? She was so sweetly amused

[Link 1]

     A                        E/G#                F#/A#                B
Haga lurches for the turkey's carcass, a chain of events and an elvin fracas

[Verse 1]

C#m
Who is paying anyway? It’s not some bleeding giveaway

C#m
Hold the cranberry, horseradish, go find yourself a beggar's dish

F#
After Cirdan’s broadside, Rohan struts with a carving knife

F#
Callon fights like smites like hell with pigs in blankets on his side

C#m
Freda’s front line, caffeine high and over time, kicking up a fuss while

C#m
Bailey spits into the mash and Logon falls into the punch

F#
Garret is a sickening wreck, never seen a battle of the bulge like this

F#
Cancel me once, cancel me twice, but you cannot cancel me all my life

[Pre-Chorus 1]

             A
And then his entrance

             E/G#
Don’t make a sound

           F#/A#
One lonely cough

         B
A little frown

[Chorus 1]

A7          B7          C#m7
Fifty years on in this epic romance

       A7            B7        C#m7
You’ve got to let it go and go dance, dance, dance

         A7             B7              C#m7
We’ll succumb to self destruction under these circumstances

        D                   C#                  E/G#
And the big man says you’ve got to give peace a second chance

        D                   C#                  E/G#
And the big man says you’ve got to give

[Verse 2]

C#m
From the back, a gravy attack, a clique that appears that won't take flack

C#m
Cracker stockpiles are ready to fire, this puddin’ contest is down to the wire

F#
Santa, Lennon, superman, caesar, who do you call when you live in a freezer?

F#
Jack Frost comes and the windows rattle, is he on your side, are you ready for battle?

C#m
Nessa bands merry crew, renouncing dinner, who’s up for stew

C#m
This is the part where we get serious, divide and succour, quite delirious

F#
Feed and succour and ply us with drinks, this new koolaid makes it harder to think

F#
The shame of Kabul, in truth we all share, skating too far and it’s too late to care

[Pre-Chorus 2]

             A
And then the dawn

         E/G#
Of a new idea

                F#/A#
And the big man shudders

               B        C
Turns upon his rear

[Chorus 2]

    A7             B7                  C#m7
The big man that I spoke of, well he’s really just a vision

    A7                B7            C#m7
The peace that we are craving comes from our own volition

     A7             B7                    C#m7
Hang up your idols, pedestals, rock gods, godheads, gurus, idols and ubermensch

         E            F#           E/G#
And from you and only you can give peace a second chance