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Last Letter to Mother

This was written during FAWM. The prompt for this songwriting challenge was: "Looking back over a year". The year I chose was 1933, the year Hitler came to power. The parallels with a certain current leader of a formerly Democratic Country are chillingly similar. LYRICS & CHORDS INTRO: (F) (G) (Am) (Am) Dear Mother, I hope you're doing (G) well Over here now, it's like a living (Am) hell In (F) January their leader be(C)came the head of state De(F)mocracy and fairness were (C) all thrown out the gate They've (F) rounded up a number (C) of our dearest friends You did (G) well to leave our country, here it's all so (Am) tense By (Am) March their leader was above the (G) law I fear he is planning another (Am) war (F) Parliament's not consulted when they (C) bring in a new act Their (F) lies are spread like a virus, (C) nothing's based on fact They're (F) blaming the crash on immigrants, (C) that's absurd we know If it (G) wasn't for Anita, I'd be making plans to (Am) go In (Am) August they took total con(G)trol The streets are full of bullies on pa(Am)trol I (F) bet the leaders face will soon be (C) on the postage stamps There are (F) rumours he's setting up (C) concentration camps Anita's (F) parents say "he'll be stopped", (C) but I'm not sure Their (G) wealth may not protect them given what they stand (Am) for (Am) In December he pulled us out the (G) League The opposition is suffering from fa(Am)tigue (F) Who'd have believed our (C) democratic state Could have (F) turned so quickly to a (C) place built on hate (F) Mother, I honestly (C) don't know what to do There are (G) times I wish that I were not a (Am) Jew