Tom: Em
Em
[Verse]
Em A C Em
Two men walked on the beach in the sun
C G A B
One left footprints, the other left none
Em C D B
One was a man that no man obeys;
A D Em
The other a god from the ancient days
Em A D Em
"Look," said the man, "how my kind make war
C G A B
I summonned you here to ask what for."
Em C D B
"For wealth or land," the god replies
Em A C Em
"For life, or freedom, or some king's lies."
[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em D Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G A B
Knowledge can also destroy
G D
Nor can the kindest will
B
Preserve you from the kill
Em D Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."
[Verse]
Em A D Em
"Four of those five," the first one said
C G A B
Are not enough to appease the dead
Em C D B
To save my world all this strife must cease
Em A Em
So now I bid you to conjure peace."
A D Em
The god said "Yes. Though it grieves me sore
C G A B
For I was also a god of war
Em C D B
And I remember what you forget
Em A D Em
Four of those five you may still regret."
[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em D Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G A B
Knowledge can also destroy
Em B
Nor can the kindest will
D B
Preserve you from the kill
Em D Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."
[Verse]
A D Em
He raised his voice and he raised his hand
C G A B
All strife stopped at the god's command
C D B
No voice ventured an angry word
Em A D Em
No hand struck and no weapon stirred
[Interlude]
Em Em D D Em Em A D Em Em
[Verse]
Em A Em
In time, the man called the old god back
C G A B
"Look," he cried, "what my people lack!
Em C D B
One lord rules over all the earth
Em A D Em
And we're all his slaves from the hour of birth."
[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em A Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G A B
Knowledge can also destroy
Em D
Nor can the kindest will
D B
Preserve you from the kill
D Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."
[Verse]
Em A Em
"Look, he owns all wealth, and he owns all land
C A B
We starve and die under his command
Em C D B
He speaks the truth and he gives us peace
Em A D Em
But all that I hope for is our release."
Em A D Em
The old god said, "This is what you willed
C G A B
For only thus is your wish fulfilled
Em D B
War's five sources I took away
Em A Em
Yet I will give four of them back today."
[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em A Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G A B
Knowledge can also destroy
G D
Nor can the kindest will
D B
Preserve you from the kill
Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."
[Verse]
Em A D Em
He raised his hand and his voice once more
C G A B
And all the world overturned in war
Em C D B
And when the last of those fires let fall
Em A D Em
There was no lord in the world at all
A C Em C
"Go rebuild now," the old god said
G A B
"Feed the living and bury the dead
Em C B
And remember this when you speak of war
G A Em
And think upon what is worth fighting for."
[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em A Em
"The sun is also a warrior
A B
Knowledge can also destroy
Em D
Nor can the kindest will
D B
Preserve you from the kill
Em D Em D
Not all of wisdom brings joy."
Em D G
Not all of wisdom brings joy.
