Em

[Verse]
Em      A             C            Em
Two men walked on the beach in the sun
C        G           A              B
One left footprints, the other left none
Em        C           D   B
One was a man that no man obeys;
            A            D       Em
The other a god from the ancient days
Em               A            D         Em
"Look," said the man, "how my kind make war
C           G           A        B
I summonned you here to ask what for."
Em          C             D      B
"For wealth or land," the god replies
     Em       A           C           Em
"For life, or freedom, or some king's lies."

[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em          D    Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G             A        B
Knowledge can also destroy
    G                D
Nor can the kindest will
                      B
Preserve you from the kill
Em         D          Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."

[Verse]
Em             A          D         Em
"Four of those five," the first one said
    C     G           A       B
Are not enough to appease the dead
   Em      C              D           B
To save my world all this strife must cease
   Em    A          Em
So now I bid you to conjure peace."

              A              D          Em
The god said "Yes. Though it grieves me sore
    C     G      A      B
For I was also a god of war
   Em    C          D      B
And I remember what you forget
Em            A            D       Em
Four of those five you may still regret."

[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em          D    Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G             A        B
Knowledge can also destroy
    Em                B
Nor can the kindest will
   D                   B
Preserve you from the kill
Em         D      Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."

[Verse]
              A            D          Em
He raised his voice and he raised his hand
C          G              A        B
All strife stopped at the god's command
   C                 D     B
No voice ventured an angry word
Em      A             D      Em
No hand struck and no weapon stirred

[Interlude]
Em Em D D Em Em A D Em Em

[Verse]
Em           A                  Em
In time, the man called the old god back
C       G                A        B
"Look," he cried, "what my people lack!
Em       C          D       B
One lord rules over all the earth
    Em            A               D       Em
And we're all his slaves from the hour of birth."

[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em          A    Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G             A        B
Knowledge can also destroy
    Em                D
Nor can the kindest will
   D                   B
Preserve you from the kill
              D          Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."

[Verse]
Em             A                       Em
"Look, he owns all wealth, and he owns all land
C                       A      B
We starve and die under his command
   Em         C            D        B
He speaks the truth and he gives us peace
    Em              A       D     Em
But all that I hope for is our release."
Em          A              D          Em
The old god said, "This is what you willed
    C         G       A       B
For only thus is your wish fulfilled
Em                 D       B
War's five sources I took away
    Em          A                  Em
Yet I will give four of them back today."

[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em          A    Em
"The sun is also a warrior
G             A        B
Knowledge can also destroy
    G                 D
Nor can the kindest will
   D                   B
Preserve you from the kill
Em
Not all of wisdom brings joy."

[Verse]
Em        A            D              Em
He raised his hand and his voice once more
C           G         A         B
And all the world overturned in war
 Em      C           D               B
And when the last of those fires let fall
      Em     A           D        Em
There was no lord in the world at all
      A           C           Em    C
"Go rebuild now," the old god said
             G       A        B
"Feed the living and bury the dead
       Em         C                 B
And remember this when you speak of war
     G         A                      Em
And think upon what is worth fighting for."

[Chorus]
(Continue Em)
Em          A    Em
"The sun is also a warrior
          A           B
Knowledge can also destroy
Em                  D
Nor can the kindest will
   D                   B
Preserve you from the kill
Em            D          Em    D
Not all of wisdom brings joy."
Em         D              G
Not all of wisdom brings joy.