Requiem For Dissent

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Oratory of hope and glory,
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a whisper and a  rhyme,
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An effigy, a soldier out of time
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  Citizen and patriot,
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  you can't be far behind
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The funeral weighing heavy on your mind

[Chorus]
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  Bring the dissident from slumber,
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  Raise the rebel from its grave
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  Sound the revolution's thunder,
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A monumental blunder averted and betrayed

[Pre-Verse]
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[Verse 2]
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  Dig around the cemetery,
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a record of the day,
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Friends and neighbours in stages of decay
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  But the saddest thing of all  eludes discovery,
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The stimulus of this somber ceremony

[Chorus]
A5          F5             C5
  Bring the dissident from slumber,
A5          F5             G5
  Raise the rebel from its grave
A5          F5           C5
  Sound the revolution's thunder,
  G5         D5       F5     G5    Am    C5
A monumental blunder averted and betrayed

[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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      The sanctimonious minions,
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how they grovel at the feet,
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Authority is populist deciet,
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  Pity yet another casualty's demoralized decline,
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Just a victim of irrational design

[Chorus]
Am
Requiem
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      Requiem
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      Requiem
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Am          F5             C5
  Bring the dissident from slumber,
Am          F5             G5
  Raise the rebel from its grave
Am          F5           C5
  Sound the revolution's thunder,
  G5         D5       F5     G5    Am    F5 C5 G5
A monumental blunder averted and betrayed

[Outro]
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