Tonalité : A major
Verse 1
G
Gm
Somebody's gonna blow the whistle
G
Csus2
On hoodlums in high places
They're collecting your numbers
G
And your personal data
And if you speak out
Csus2
They'll paint you into a corner
Brand you a terrorist,
G
Csus2
G
communist informer
Csus2
D
Like a bird on the wing,
C
Csus2
like glory in the flower,
Eb
D
your freedoms are fading by the hour.
Gm
G
Gm
The whistleblower's a man of integrity,
G
trained by the elite,
Csus2
he's hardly a spy.
He's just fed up with the corrupt authority
G
in vading your privacy.
While real spies run free,
Csus2
by imperialist decree
He's indicted for treason,
for informing the people
G
Csus2
G
Gm
G
People like you and me
Gm
D
Like a bird on the wing,
C
like glory in the flower
Eb
D
For freedom's our fate by the hour
Gm
Congress howls he's a traitor
G
Csus2
while a high -echelon tribunal of stooges
gives him 30 years in the slammer
for leaking secrets and public abuses
G
Gm
G
the whistle is blowing for you and me
but ain't it some kind of tragedy
Csus2
some people don't know
How to be free or just to protect
Gm
Csus2
G
force their own destiny
D
Like a bird on the wing
C
like glory in the flower
Eb
D
your freedoms are fading by the hour
Gm
G
The president orders squadrons
of drones
Csus2
to destroy churches and schools
Of women, children,
and ordinary fools
Our bombs are falling,
G
crushing their bones
Gm
It's an evil hand that swore
G
on the Bible
Csus2
Uphold justice, keep the world free
But does neither except deceive you
G
Gm
Csus2
and me
G
Leadership is liable for the
crimes they commit
They can pin medals on themselves,
Csus2
C
Csus2
but they're guilty as a rebel.
D
Like a bird on the wing,
C
like glory in the flower,
Eb
D
The freedoms are fading by the hour.
Gm
G
A man must stand to expose their lies.
You can't act dumb
Csus2
while their victims' cries
Are choked with rifle butts
C
Csus2
G
and your apathetic size
The whistleblower knows this
ain't a pretty thing
Blowing the whistle on the
Csus2
C
intelligence machine
Csus2
C
There is no escape from
Csus2
C
Csus2
their power and might
G
But knowing the score is half the fight
Like the titan who stole the
gift of fire
Information's freedom,
Csus2
C
Csus2
it's the gift of light
C
D
Like a bird on the wing,
C
like glory in the flower
D
The whistleblower gives
C
us back the power
Eb
D
G
C
Power to the people and the fire of light
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
You
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