Babylon chords by The Interrupters

Intro Chorus:

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Rebel against the kings of babylon!

G               C
Rebel against the kings of babylon! Yeahh they got the

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swords and the spears and the bows and the knives but we'll

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fight it with our brothers and our sisters for our lives

G               C    G
Rebel against the kings of babylon!

Verse 1:

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God made man and man made kings

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And the kings rule man and they bring the suffering

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When the people rise up, they see it as defiant

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They wanna have control so you can't be self-reliant

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If you play your role and don't get out of line

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If you seel your soul they will buy it for a dime

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And sell it for a dollar, so they can turn a profit

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It's a vicious cycle and the only way to stop it


Chorus:

G               C
Rebel against the kings of babylon!

G               C
Rebel against the kings of babylon! Yeahh they got the

F
swords and the spears and the bows and the knives but we'll

C
fight it with our brothers and our sisters for our lives

G               C    G
Rebel against the kings of babylon!


Verse 2:

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They run the drugs so they make all the money

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That they're busy printin' up like a bee makin' honey

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They hide in the shadows, call themselves enlightened

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While all the people's shackles are slowly getting tightened

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If we're not locked up We're starving in the streets

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Full bellies getting fat while the weak are getting weaker

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Politicians out to line their pockets

C
It's a vicious cycle and the only way to stop it


Chorus:

G               C
Rebel against the kings of babylon!

G               C
Rebel against the kings of babylon! Yeahh they got the

F
swords and the spears and the bows and the knives but we'll

C
fight it with our brothers and our sisters for our lives

G               C    G
Rebel against the kings of babylon!


Organ Solo:
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F
C


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Oooooh- yeah yeah yeah Songs of the system of control

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Oooooh- yeah yeah yeah Violent and tyrannical

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Oooooh- yeah yeah yeah It's a radical radical

C
Oooooh- yeah yeah yeah It'll happen again like it's happened before


Chorus:

G               C
Rebel against the kings of babylon!

G               C
Rebel against the kings of babylon! Yeahh they got the

F
swords and the spears and the bows and the knives but we'll

C
fight it with our brothers and our sisters for our lives

G               C    G
Rebel against the kings of babylon! Yeahh they got the

F
swords and the spears and the bows and the knives but we'll

C
fight it with our brothers and our sisters for our lives

G               C
Rebel against the kings of babylon!