History Will Teach Us Nothing 4/4 Takt Am D 7x Am D If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past Am D Security in human systems we're told will always always last Am D Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast Am D Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast Am D If God is dead and an actor plays his part Am D His words of fear will find a place in your heart Am D Without the voice of reason every faith is its own curse Am D Without freedom from the past things can only get worse Am Sooner or later D Sooner or later Am Sooner or later D Sooner or later repeat and fade Am D Our written history is a catalogue of crime Am D The sordid and the powerful, the architects of time Am D The mother of invention, the oppression of the mild Am D The constant fear of scarcity, aggression as its child Am Sooner or later D Sooner or later Am Sooner or later D Sooner or later repeat and fade Am D Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong Am D Is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long Am D A simple act of faith In reason over might Am D To blow up his children will only prove him right Am History will teach us nothing A E Sooner or later just like the world first day D E A Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away E Sooner or later just like the world first day D E F#m Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away D E F#m E Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away Am7 D Am7 D History will teach us nothing Am D Am D History will teach us nothing A 3x Know your human rights 3x D 3x Be what you come here for 3x Am 002210 D xx0232 A 002220 E 022100 F#m xx4222 Am7 x02010 *********************************************************************** *e-mail:newsletter3@dominic-miller.com * *homepage:http://www.dominic-miller.com * *administrator: Andreas Lehmann 14.01.99 Germany;Berlin * ***********************************************************************