Intro
E B
A E
E B
A E
[Chorus 1]
E B A E
I'm cutting up her pure white dress
E B
That I dyed red
A E
That I dyed red
E B A E
I'm putting scraps in cheap tin lockets
E B A E
What time erases and memory mocks
E G#m A E
I'll send them over the ocean foam
C# F#m G#m A B E
Right into those gentle European homes
[Verse 1]
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The slave ship "Blessing" slipped from Liverpool
B E G#
Over the waves the Royal Navy rules
C#m F#m
To go and plunder the Kingdom of Benin
C#m G#7 C#m
Where certain history ends and shame begins
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Dahomey traders paid in powder and shot
B E G#
Line up their prisoners and they sell them in lots
C#m F#m
They packed them tight inside those coffin ships
C# F#m G#m A B E
And they took them to the brand new world of auction blocks and whips
[Chorus 2]
E B A E
I'm cutting up her pure white dress
E B
That I dyed red
A E
That I dyed red
E B A E
I'm putting scraps in cheap tin lockets
E B A E
What time erases and memory mocks
E G#m A E
I'll send them over the ocean foam
C# F#m G#m A B E
Right into those gentle European homes
[Verse 2]
E F#m
White is the sheet on your fine linen bed
B E G#
The blood stained red on each cotton thread
C#m F#m
The merchants gather at St. George's Hall
C# F#m G#m A B E
To unveil the kneeling slave who is carved upon the wall
E F#m
So picture the scene on the old Salt House docks
B E G#
Where they loaded the iron shackles and locks
C#m F#m
Between a sandstone crocodile, a barrel and a bale
C# F#m G#m A B E
You will see the nameless faces they were offering for sale
[Chorus 3]
E B A E
So, I sing the praises of God's glory
E B A E
As a blue cetacean floats in the basement
E G#m A E
An elephant on the second story
C# F#m G#m A
And they queue all day to see him
B E
In my American Museum
E B A E
But the Lord will judge us, with fire and thunder
E B A E
As man continues with all his blunders
E G#m
It's only money
A E
It's only numbers
C# F#m G#m A B E
Maybe it is time to put aside these fictitious wonders
E B
And man is feeble
A E
Man is puny
E B A E
And if it should divide the Union
E G#m A E
There is no man who should own another
C# F#m G#m A B E
When he can't even recognize his sister and his brother
- 1. Chord Gitar Elvis Costello - Red Cotton Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Elvis Costello - Red Cotton Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan