Tonart: A major
Verse 1
G
Gm
Somebody's gonna blow the whistle
G
Csus2
On hoodlums in high places
They're collecting your numbers
And if you speak out
Csus2
They'll paint you into a corner
Brand you a terrorist,
G
Csus2
G
communist informer
Csus2
D
Like a bird on the wing,
C
Csus2
like glory in the flower,
Eb
D
your freedoms are fading by the hour.
Gm
G
Gm
The whistleblower's a man of integrity,
Csus2
he's hardly a spy.
He's just fed up with the corrupt authority
G
in vading your privacy.
While real spies run free,
Csus2
by imperialist decree
He's indicted for treason,
for informing the people
G
Csus2
G
Gm
G
People like you and me
Gm
D
Like a bird on the wing,
C
like glory in the flower
Eb
D
For freedom's our fate by the hour
Gm
Congress howls he's a traitor
G
Csus2
while a high -echelon tribunal of stooges
gives him 30 years in the slammer
for leaking secrets and public abuses
G
Gm
G
the whistle is blowing for you and me
but ain't it some kind of tragedy
Csus2
some people don't know
How to be free or just to protect
Gm
Csus2
G
force their own destiny
D
Like a bird on the wing
C
like glory in the flower
Eb
D
your freedoms are fading by the hour
Gm
G
The president orders squadrons
of drones
Csus2
to destroy churches and schools
Of women, children,
and ordinary fools
Our bombs are falling,
Gm
It's an evil hand that swore
Csus2
Uphold justice, keep the world free
But does neither except deceive you
G
Gm
Csus2
and me
G
Leadership is liable for the
crimes they commit
They can pin medals on themselves,
Csus2
C
Csus2
but they're guilty as a rebel.
D
Like a bird on the wing,
C
like glory in the flower,
Eb
D
The freedoms are fading by the hour.
Gm
G
A man must stand to expose their lies.
You can't act dumb
Csus2
while their victims' cries
Are choked with rifle butts
C
Csus2
G
and your apathetic size
The whistleblower knows this
ain't a pretty thing
Blowing the whistle on the
Csus2
C
intelligence machine
Csus2
C
There is no escape from
Csus2
C
Csus2
their power and might
G
But knowing the score is half the fight
Like the titan who stole the
gift of fire
Information's freedom,
Csus2
C
Csus2
it's the gift of light
C
D
Like a bird on the wing,
C
like glory in the flower
D
The whistleblower gives
Eb
D
G
C
Power to the people and the fire of light
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
You
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