Bb F Eb Bb F Eb [Verse 1] Bb Stone Age brought you speech, farms, the wheel and fire. Bb Eb Bb Then metal was explored which meant we could make swords to kill, and build empires. F Eb F Eb Think Ancient Egypt was nicer? Pharaoh’s tombs, lovely shrines? Bb But some were living graves for hundreds of poor slaves and pig’s eye was our cure for the blind. Eb F Greek civilisation our creation, drama and philosophy. Gm F Eb F But Sparta praised lying; celebrated dying and Hippocrates drank wee. [Chorus 1] F Bb We’re History. Bb Gm We brought you bloodshed. Eb Bb Greek excursions to battle the Persians. Cm F Disembowelling our dead. Bb F Dm Eb Together we made the world a little bit grim. Eb Cm We’re History. F Bb Could be fairly dim. [Verse 2] Bb We Romans brought you roads and public medicine, Bb Eb Bb Gladiator fighting, feeding men to lions, burning Christians. That kind of thing, you know. F Eb F Eb Then came the Middle Ages; Saxons, Normans, Vikings, Celts, Bb A time of invasion, feudalism, famine, Black Death, bubos and welts. Eb F 1066 saw Harold in a fix as William conquered all. Gm F Eb F What was the bettin’ an arrow in his retina would lead to his downfall? [Chorus 2] F Bb We’re History. Bb Gm We brought invasion and strife. Eb Bb Cm F We attacked monasteries, said “Give us gold, please”, then we took your life. Bb F Dm Eb Our crusades meant slaughter wherever we’d go. Eb Cm We’re History F Bb Was it pretty? No. [Bridge] Ab Bb Ab Bb Ab Tudor, Stuart, Georgian monarchs next in line Bb Brought progress in science and art. Ab Also beheadings, burning, civil war Bb Breed an economy, for a start. [Chorus 3] F Bb We’re History. Bb Gm We gave you plague and disease. Eb Bb Cm F Travelled, found the Incas, spread smallpox in a blink and brought them to their knees. Bb F Dm Eb Dogs, cats and the French blamed for plague along the way. Eb Cm We’re History. F Bb Not such happy days. [Verse 3] Eb Victorian technology went hand-in-hand with poverty, F Kids up chimneys and down mines. Gm F Improvements to the world did pick up despite some violent hiccups; Eb F Two World Wars, millions died. [Chorus 4] G C We’re History. Am G Our times smelly and gory. G F C We reigned over you and told you what to do Dm G And that is this story. C G Am F Thought we were amazing though you may quibble. F Dm G C Am F We’re History and we made it horri-------------ble. G C We’re History!
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