Song Of Choice Chords by Dick Gaughan

[G] Early every year the seeds are growing
_ Unseen, unheard, they lie beneath the ground
Would you know before the leaves are showing
That with weeds all your garden will abound
If you close your eyes, stop your ears, close your mouth
Then how can you know?
For seeds you cannot hear may not be there
Seeds you cannot see [F] may never grow
In _ _ [Bb] January you've still got [C] the choice
You [F] can cut the weeds before they [C] start to bud
If [Dm] you leave them to [Eb] grow high [F] they'll silent your [C] voice
And in [Bb] December [F] you may pay with your blood
[C] So close your eyes, [G] stop your ears, [C] close your mouth
And [G] take it [C] slow
Let others take the lead and you bring [Bb] up the rear
[F] And later [C] you can say you [F] didn't know
[C] Every day [F] another [C] vulture takes flight
There's another [F] danger [C] born every morning
In the darkness [Eb] of your [F] blindness the beast [C] will learn a bite
How [Ab] can you fight [Bb] if you can't [F] recognize a warning?
[C] So close your eyes, [G] stop your ears, [C] shut your mouth
[G] And take it slow
[C] Let others take the lead and you [F] bring up the rear
And later [G] you can say [F] you didn't know
[C] Today [Bb] you may hear [C] another venge
[Cm] Tomorrow [F] you may [C] be on the dole
Though there's [Eb] millions going [F] hungry you [C] needn't disengage
[Ab] For it's them, [Bb] not you, who's [F] fawning the whole
So [C] close your eyes, [G] stop your ears, [C] shut your mouth
[G] And take it [C] slow
Let others take the lead and you [Bb] bring up the rear
[F] And later [Bb] you can say you [F] didn't know
[C] It's alright for you [Bb] if you're [C] unworthy of the pack
[Eb] It's alright if [F] you agree with [C] all they do
[Eb] If fascism is slowly [F] climbing back
It's not here [Ab] yet, so what's [F] it got to do with you?
[C] So close your eyes, stop your [C] ears, shut [G] your mouth
And take it slow
[C] Let others take the lead [Bb] and you bring up the [F] rear
And [Gm] later you can [F] say you didn't know
[C] [F] Who needs their all [C] around us and their growing
It'll soon be [F] too late for [C] the knife
If [Eb] you leave them on [F] the wind
That [C] around the world is blowing
You [Bb] may pay for [F] your silence with your life
[C] So close your eyes, [G] stop your ears, [C] shut your mouth
[G] I never [Cm] dare
[F] And if it happens here, [C] they'll never [Bb] come for you
[F] Because [Gm] they'll know you really [F] didn't care _ _ _ _