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Artist:          THE KEYPALS

Track:           Give Peace a Second Chance

Collection:      House Cooling Party


Release Date:    25 December 2021

License:         CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)


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



Give Peace a Second Chance

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