Rape Of The World tab by Tracy Chapman

TRACY CHAPMAN

THE RAPE OF THE WORLD

(Album: "New Beginning")


Intro (play it twice...)

   Am7       Am7       F       Gsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x2
A|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|

   Am7       Am7       F       Gsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x4
A|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|

1.          Mother of us all__________,
2.          place of our birth________,
3.        How Can we stand aside________,
4.   And watch the Rape of the world_________???

(Now start playing only the chords or keep playing the tabs:)


verse 1:

Am7     Am7     F     G
 This the beginning_____ of the end___.
Am7       Am7     F   G
 This the most hei__nous of crimes.
Am7    Am7       F       G
 This the deadliest___ of sins_______,
Am7        Am7   F       G
 the greatest violation__ of all time.


Chorus

Am7 (let ring) (Am7)          F G
        Mother of us all______, place of our birth___.
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)          F    G
        We all are witness____  to the rape of the world_______.


   Am7       Am7       F       Gsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x2
A|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|

verse 2:

Am7        Am7   F     G
 You've seen her stripped mined________.
Am7        Am7      F     G
 You've heard of bombs exploded underground.
Am7      Am7       F  G
 You know the sun shines_________
Am7      Am7      F  G
 hotter than ever before.


Chorus

Am7 (let ring) (Am7)          F G
        Mother of us all______, place of our birth___.
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)          F    G
        We all are witness____  to the rape of the world______.


   Am7       Am7       F       Gsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x2
A|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|

 verse 3:

Am7         Am7       F        G
 Some claim to have crowned_____ her(spoken) a queen.
Am7        Am7         F    G
(sung)with cities of concrete____ and steel.
Am7       Am7      F   G
 But there is no glory____, no honor
Am7      Am7    F     G
   in what results____ from the rape of the world

Chorus

Am7 (let ring) (Am7)          F G
        Mother of us all______, place of our birth___.
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)          F    G
        We all are witness____  to the rape of the world_______.


   Am7       Am7       F       Gsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x2
A|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|

verse 4:

Am7      Am7      F  G
 She has been clear____ cut.
Am7      Am7      F  G
 She has been dumped on____.
Am7      Am7     F           G
 She has been poisond and (laodly sung) beaten up.
Am7      Am7    F    G
 And we've been witness  to the rape of the world.


Chorus

Am7 (let ring) (Am7)          F G
        Mother of us all______, place of our birth___.
Am7 (let ring) (Am7)
        How can we stand aside____
F       G
and watch the rape of the world_______?


   Am7       Am7       F       Gsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x2
A|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|

(Now the rythm changes, just hammer on the strings with your open ?hand while playing
chords Am7, F and G)


Am7         Am7
 If you look, you'll see it with your own eyes.
F        G
 If you listen, you will hear her cries.
Am7      Am7
 If you care, you will stand and testify...

(now the rythm continues normally)

F       G
 and stop the rape of the world____.
Am7  Am7

F     G
 stop the rape of the world____.

 Am7  Am7
:    Mother of us all____
 F   G
    Mother of us all____: (play 3 times)

Am7 (let ring)
    Mother of us all____     Mother of us all____