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Up The Revolution

Singles And Non Album Tracks

Up the Revolution
Written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, David English
from the Bunbury Tails album (1992)

F-Bb-C-F (x4)

F              Bb/F          F
I tell you the truth can be painful
		      Bb/F        F
And the mainstream of life can be cruel
			Bb/F      F
If you believe in your chances today
          Bb    C             Bb      C       F
you could be a fool, don't you be a fool, oh no

Bb         C        F
Revenge is mine, oh no
          Bb     C
A case of do or die
F		    Bb          C
Gather round if you want to be free
Bb		        C
Sing the words to this song

      F		  Dm         Gm              C/G     F    F-Dm-Gm-C/E-F
We go up the revolution, go down to what you mean to me
                   Dm         Gm        C/E  F  F-Dm-Gm-C/E-F
When achieving the impossible is a possibility
		    Dm       Gm               C/G        F    F-Dm-Gm-C/E-F
It's a time for any loser to win, it's how you play the game
                         Dm        Gm         C/E     F     F-Dm-Gm-C/E-F
Don't you start the revolution without me in another name

F             Bb/F     F
Stand by your bunbury notions
		Bb/F         F
That is how you get to be strong
		       Bb/F      F
Now you come here from over the sea
	   Bb      C           Bb       C       F
Where you don't belong, no you don't belong, oh no

Bb         C         F
Friends of mine, oh no
         Bb      C
A case of do or die
F                   Bb          C
Gather round if you want to be free
Bb                      C
Sing the words to this song

      F           Dm	     Gm              C/G     F   F-Dm-Gm-C/E-F
We go up the revolution, go down to what you mean to me  (up the revolutioon yeah)
		   Dm         Gm        C/E  F  F-Dm-Gm-C/E-F
When achieving the impossible is a possibility   (we go up, we go up)
		    Dm       Gm               C/G    F   F-Dm-Gm-C/E-F
It's a time for any loser to win, and you can overthrow  (we go up, yeah)
                  Dm        Gm           C/E      F   
We go up the revolution, freedom strike another blow   

F-Bb-C-F (x4) 
(another blow)

   Bb             C        F
Oh no, revenge is mine, oh no
A case of do or die
Gather round if you want to be free
Sing the words to this song

      F          Dm          Gm            C/G       F   F-Dm-Gm-C/E-F
We go up the revolution, go down to find a brighter day
                      Dm         Gm              C/E      F   F-Dm-Gm-C/E-F
If you dream the unapproachable dream, you find a better way
		      Dm           Gm              C/G    F  F-Dm-Gm-C/E-F
If it's just another corner you're in then you can overthrow
                  Dm       Gm            C/E      F  F-Dm-Gm     C/E           F
We go up the revolution, freedom strike another blow      yeah, strike another blow

chorus ad lib