• Song:

    Peace In Our Time

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    Goodbye Cruel World

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Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Out of the aeroplane stepped Chamberlain with a condemned man's stare
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But we all cheered wildly, a photograph was taken,
      D5                             G5
as he waved a piece of paper in the air
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Now the Disco Machine lives in Munich and we are all friends 
      A5                                              A5
And I slip on my Italian dancing shoes as the evening descends

Chorus:
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And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime 
    G5            B5             E5      A5
And we can thank God that we've finally got
         D5 
peace in our time

Verse 2:
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There's a man going round taking names no 
matter who you claim to be 
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As innocent as babies, a mad dog with rabies,
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you're still a part of some conspiracy
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Meanwhile there's a light over the ocean
                          E5          A5 
burning brighter than the sun 
      A5
And a man sits alone in a bar and says "Oh God, 
               A5
what have we done?"

Chorus:
        D5                D5     D5       D5    
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime 
    G5            B5             E5      A5
And we can thank God that we've finally got
         D5 
peace in our time

Instrumental Bridge: 
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B5     E5   A5     B5

Verse 3:
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They're lighting a bonfire upon every hilltop in the land
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Just another tiny island invaded when he's got
    D5                 G5 
the whole world in his hands
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And the Heavyweight Champion fights in the
                   E5             A5 
International Propaganda Star Wars 
          A5
There's already one spaceman in the White
                                   A5 
House, what do you want another one for?

Chorus:
        D5                D5     D5       D5    
And the bells take their toll once again in victory chime 
    G5            B5             E5      A5
And we can thank God that we've finally got

Outro: 
         D5             
peace in our time.

A5    F#5
B5    E5   
A5     B5
F#5    D5
A5    D5
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