UB40 - Sins of the Fathers

      
 
 Chords 
 
 G C D 
    
 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
 355433 X35553 X57775
 
 Intro 
 
 G G C D G G C D 
         
 Verse 1 
 
  G                       C           
 Once upon a time and not so long ago,
        D                                  C             G    
 When things were much more simple and time would travel slow,
                                          C               
 There came a righteous stranger with a bible in his hand,
      D                       C           G   
 To educate the sinners and liberate the land.
 
 Chorus 1 
 
     G                         C              
 The sins of the fathers are visited from old,
         D                    C                G    
 In a never ending circle of people bought and sold,
                                   C                    
 So the wretched of the earth will huddle from the cold,
        D                                C              G    
 As the ship of fools goes sailing on an ocean black as gold.
 
 Verse 2 
 
    G                              C              
 So come and sit beside me and let my tale unfold,
           D                                 C           G    
 Of a land of milk and honey where the truth must not be told,
                                     C                    
 As men of rhyme and reason let the devil take their soul,
       D                                C            G    
 For greed and fame and fortune and a river black as gold.
 
 Chorus 2 
 
     G                         C              
 The sins of the fathers are visited from old,
         D                    C                G    
 In a never ending circle of people bought and sold,
                                   C                    
 So the wretched of the earth will huddle from the cold,
        D                                C              G    
 As the ship of fools goes sailing on an ocean black as gold.
 
 Saxophone Middle 
 
 G G C C D D C G G G C C D D C G 
         
 Verse 3 
 
     G                            C                   
 And all the non-believers were hiding from the light,
          D                          C               G     
 As a thousand burning crosses were scattered in the night,
                                    C                   
 The thieves and the vagabonds were sinking in the sand,
      D                                   C             G    
 As a righteous lord and master stretches out a helping hand.
 
 Chorus 3 
 
     G                         C              
 The sins of the fathers are visited from old,
         D                    C                G    
 In a never ending circle of people bought and sold,
                                   C                    
 So the wretched of the earth will huddle from the cold,
        D                                C              G    
 As the ship of fools goes sailing on an ocean black as gold.
 
 Verse 4 
 
    G                             C                     
 And those who had to suffer the sick the young the old,
        D                            C          G    
 Were sacrificed to fortune and left out in the cold,
                                 C                      
 So in this new arrangement the leaders sold their soul,
       D                               C            G    
 For bangles beads and baubles and a river black as gold.
 
 Chorus 4 
 
     G                         C              
 The sins of the fathers are visited from old,
         D                    C                G    
 In a never ending circle of people bought and sold,
                                   C                    
 So the wretched of the earth will huddle from the cold,
        D                                C              G    
 As the ship of fools goes sailing on an ocean black as gold.
 
 Chorus 5 
 
     G                         C              
 The sins of the fathers are visited from old,
         D                    C                G    
 In a never ending circle of people bought and sold,
                                   C                    
 So the wretched of the earth will huddle from the cold,
        D                                C              G    
 As the ship of fools goes sailing on an ocean black as gold.
 
 Outro 
 
 G G C D G G C D G G