Tracy Chapman - The Rape of the World: chords

Chorus:
Am7             F G Am7
Mother of us all
Am7               F G Am7
Place of our birth
Am7                  F G Am7
How can we stand aside
Am7                           F G Am7
And watch the rape of the world

Am7                       F  G
This the beginning of the end
Am7                           F  G
This is the most heinous of crimes
Am7                    F  G
It's the deadliest of sins
Am7                    F       G
The greatest violation of all time

You've seen her stripped mined
You've heard of bombs exploded underground
You know the sun shines
Hotter than ever before

Chorus:
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world

Some claim to have crowned her
A queen
With cities of concrete and steel
But there is no glory no honor
In what results
From the rape of the world

Chorus:
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world

She has been clear-cut
She has been dumped on
She has been poisoned and beaten up
And we have been witness
To the rape of the world

Chorus:
Mother of us all
Place of our birth
How can we stand aside
And watch the rape of the world

Am7
If you look you'll see it with your own eyes
F              G
If you listen you will hear her cries
Am7
If you care you will stand and testify
F             G
And stop the rape of the world
(This verse is played a bit funkier)

Am7 F     G                Am7 F G
Stop the rape of the world

Am7             F
Mother of us all
G
Mother of us all
Am7             F
Mother of us all
G
Mother of us all
Am7             F
Mother of us all
G
Mother of us all

Mother of us all
Mother of us all