G Em G Em
G               Em              G                 
We rise and fall in revolts ill-planned and doomed       We rise and fall like the winter wheat
           Em                                            With yellow eyes of grain
Tired of inventing ruses                                 Not knowing what worlds are confused
G                 Em                                     With the one we name
To be more than a name on some tomb                      
G              Em                                        You fearful, devilish souls
We could not refuse it                                   Hiding behind moat walls
                                                         Doing time, clinched to desks
G                Em                                      Nailed to benches, tied to counters
But you fearful, slavish souls                           While the men around us are no less torn
       G           Em                                    
Hiding behind moat walls                                 Are we to pine forever?
                G                                        On this raging sea, as mercenaries
You dagger, you noose                                    Are we to pine forever?
                 Em                           G          On this raging sea, in the merchant fleet
Clinched to desks, nailed to benches, tied to counters
                   Em
While all around us hell is breaking loose

C             Am7
Are we to pine forever?
Em              G              C
On this raging sea, as mercenaries
              Am7         
Are we to pine forever?
Em              G                    C
On this raging sea, in the merchant fleet

The high notes here are (over the C and Am) C/G, 8th fret of
the two highest strings and (over the Em and G) B/G, 7th and 8th
frets on the same strings.