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By the time you get this note
Bm E A
We'll no longer be alive
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We'll have all gone up in smoke
Bm E A
There'll be no way to reply
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You'll be wondering about the world that vanished long ago
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And the words that reach you now
D E A
That were buried underground
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Greetings to everyone in Nineteen Thirty-Seven
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It seems that you were never aware that we were here
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You're probably too busy re-joicing in the present
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To stop - and be reminded of the dark and troubled past
A E D
By the time you get this note
Bm E A
We'll no longer be alive
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But our skulls are smiling still
Bm E A
At the thought of things to come
F G D E A C D
We can confidently know that you'll enjoy a better world
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When the evils that we faced
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Will at last be laid to rest
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When the poisons of the Earth
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Are completely neutralized
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When the hatred and the lies
C# F#m
Are forever put aside
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When the voices of dissent and contradiction all abate
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And the peaceful air is filled
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With a silent harmony
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We can't be certain at the moment of this writing
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But surely in the future there'll be no barking dogs
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The sound of crying babies will be thankfully forgotten
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No more will the chattering classes make a noise
A E D
By the time you get this note
Bm E A
A millenium from now
A E D
We'll have all gone up in smoke
Bm E A
There'll be no way to reply
A E D
And we confidently know
Bm E A
You'll enjoy a better time
A E D
When the evils that we faced
Bm E A
Will at last be laid to rest