David Rovics - Resistance

^DYou can say that it's about the ^Gsavages ^Em You ^Dcan say you have a better way to ^Glive ^A7 You can ^Dcall it Manifest ^GDestiny ^Em You can ^Dtalk of all your civilization will ^Ggive ^{A7 D}You can say that we're a thing of ^Ghistory ^Em And ^Dprogress is the future you will ^Gbring ^A7 You ^Dcan send your armies to these ^Gmountains ^Em You can ^Dsay we'll ^Gprosper ben^A7eath your king

But there will ^Galways be res^A7istance The next ba^Dttle will always be ^Gnear As long as you have ^A7everything There will be ^Dthose who have nothing to ^Gfear And ^Bmlittle by little, or ^Gmaybe all at once you will ^A7lose Because our ^Gfuture is ^A7not yours to ch^Doose

^DYou can say that you've got to stop the ^Gcommunists ^Em You ^Dcan say that our ideals can't ^Gsucceed ^A7 You can ^Dsay that competition is the ^Gonly way ^Em And a ^Dglobal system based on ^Ggreed ^{A7 D}And you can call yourself a ^Gdemocrat ^{Em D}You can call yourself whatever you ^Gwill ^A7 And ^Dyou can keep on stamping out the ^Gfires you start ^Em So you ^Dmight stay on top of the ^Ghill ^A7

The next ba^Dttle will always be ^Gnear As long as you have ^A7everything There will be ^Dthose who have nothing to ^Gfear And ^Bmlittle by little, or ^Gmaybe all at once you will ^A7lose Because our ^Gfuture is ^A7not yours to ch^Doose

^DAnd you can say that all of us are ^Gterrorists ^Em Madmen ^Dbent on destroying all that's ^Gfree ^A7 You can ^Dsay that we are building ^Gweapons ^Em As ^Dyour bombers fly from sea to bloody ^Gsea ^{A7 D}You can say you're with us or against ^Gus ^{Em D}And to die quietly is what we ^Gnow must do ^A7 You can ^Dmaintain your ^Ginnocence ^{Em D}You can say that you are many, as you ^Grepresent the few ^A7

The next ba^Dttle will always be ^Gnear As long as you have ^A7everything There will be ^Dthose who have nothing to ^Gfear And ^Bmlittle by little, or ^Gmaybe all at once you will ^A7lose Because our ^Gfuture is ^A7not yours to ch^Doose