Am   F     G     Am

[Verse 1]
                      F                     Am
Forty years of winter, we never saw the sun 
                                 G                 F
We never smiled at strangers, or talked to anyone 
                                    G
For there were walls between us, so no one came too near 
    Am                           G
And who knows who'd have seen us, we never lost that fear 
   Am                             F
We bowed our heads in silence, we all lived by their law 
     Am                                   G
They ruled us with their violence and the knock upon the door 
   F                                G
We clung to hope with sorrow, tried not to hear the screams 
  Am                       D
Tomorrow and tomorrow, but still we had our dreams 


[Verse 2]
           G                    C
Of spring again, the first we'd see 
           A                  D
Of spring again, when we'd be free 
               B7               Em
The tales we'd tell of how we'd stand 
           A                D
As tyrants fell, across our land 
             G                 C
Let Spring return once more to Prague 
              A                D
Take down the wall, disarm the guard 
             B7                 Em
It's time to sing our long lost song 
              A                   D
They said was dead, they said was wrong 
             G                     C
Let Spring return, let playwrights rule 
          A                 D
Let poets rhyme the sins of fools 
             G           C
Let Spring begin in Bucharest 
          A   D             C
And in Berlin, let Spring begin 


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
                                 F  
Then we heard the whispers, they echoed on the wind 
   Am                                  G
We stood in darkened corners where the posters had been pinned 
F                        G
Someone said "Together", someone said "We may" 
Am                             G
Someone said "No, never", then someone said "Today" 
   Am                       F
So suddenly it happened, we never stopped to think 
   Am                              G
We filled the square with people before the guards could blink 
     F                                G
They lost their day forever when they washed the stones with blood 
    Am                            D
The people were a river, then the river was a flood 


[Verse 4]
             G                     C
It's Spring again, the first we'll see 
             A                D
It's Spring again, and we are free 
           B7                 Em
The Summer calls, but we must stand 
           A                D
As tyrants fall, across our land 
             G                 C
Let Spring return once more to Prague 
              A                D
Take down the wall, disarm the guard 
             B7                 Em
It's time to sing our long lost song 
              A                   D
They said was dead, they said was wrong 
             G                    C
It's Spring again, the playwright rules 
         A                  D
The poet rhymes the sins of fools 
             G           C
Let Spring begin in Bucharest 
          A   D             C        
And in Berlin, let Spring begin____


[Outro]
Am  E  Am    F    G
             A
Let Spring begin