Tonart: Gb major
Verse 1
Em
Ladies and gentlemen,
I want to welcome you here to this year,
our second annual celebration
at the Peace Arts.
F#m
This gathering is sponsored
Em
by the International Union
D
Em
of Mine Mill
and Smeller Workers,
and I welcome you here today
Em
an open -air concert
D
by one of the great artists of the world.
E
D
And now I want to present to
E
Em
you Paul Ropes.
The program has been arranged
E
and you will hear Paul sing those
songs that you want to hear.
Em
D
E
C#m
I know he will do his very be st
Em
G
for us people
Em
E
and here today. Paul Robeson.
I can't tell you how happy I am
F#m
and it's helped carry
me through a long struggle,
E
the struggle for peace,
F#
F#m
and as Mr. Lawrence said,
the struggle to see
G
F#
E
that in our great land below the border,
Em
E
there shall be freedom
F#
D
for all of its citizens,
F#m
Em
and not far away in the future,
F#m
E
but now an d in the nex
Em
E
t few years.
G
F#
I can thank my middle smothers union,
F#
G
F#m
Harvey, Ken Smith, Ward, Walker,
G
Em
many of the rank and file whom I know,
Em
F#m
for this great gathering
F#
G
E
and for this idea of our
Em
gathering together at the border.
As I said last year,
G
I often think of Canada,
the years when I came to Vancouver
F#m
and met so many warm friends,
G
many of whom are here today,
and I'll tell you that it won't be long before I'll be back
Em
E
saying hello to you over in Vancouver.
G
I have with me a dear friend,
a very fine pianist
F#m
we hope to have piano
G
he can play for you today, some solos.
D
G
He's Mr. Alan Booth,
one of our leading pianists
F#
down in America,
in Vancouver soon.
He's here to play with me today.
G
Mr. Brown sends you his regards.
D
feels that he's kind of taking
F#m
it easy these days.
G
I go flying around this country so fast
Em
that he feels he wants to sit there
in New York
I've been very fortunate to have you
D
So I'll begin the concert,
Em
Em
and in between I'll speak again,
G
maybe after the intermission,
D
and I'm going to do a little Shakespeare,
but I'll just start singing and keep
going for a while.
Go Johnny!
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteEm F#m D G E...
Beliebte Akkorde weltweit
Meistgespielte Akkorde & Tabs aller Nutzer
Neu hinzugefügt
Kürzlich hinzugefügte Akkorde & Tabs