Deadly Harvest from Atomic Folk by Wychwood

1. In the place where our city was destroyed
Where we buried the ashes of the ones that we loved
There the grass grows and the white waving weeds
Deadly the harvest of two atom bombs

Then brothers & sisters you must watch & take care
That the third atom bomb never falls

2. The sky hangs like a shroud overhead
And the sun's in the cage of the black evening cloud
No birds fly in the leaden sky
Deadly the harvest of two atom bombs

Then brothers & sisters...

3. Gentle rain carries poison from the sky
And the fish carry death in the depths of the sea
Fishing boats are idle, their owners are blind
Deadly...

4. All that we have created with our hands
All that is, all the glory of the world we live in
Now it can be smashed, in a moment destroyed
Deadly...

Verse Chords: Am Dm E7 Am / Am E7 AmDm Am / — A7 Dm E7 / Am C E7 –
Chorus chords: F Dm E7 Am / Dm E7 Am —
Slashes show line divisions, dash means keep playing the previous chord, squished chords mean play two chords in the time you do one unsquished chord.

For a less gendered refrain, you can always sing "Then friends, then family, we must watch and take care/That the third atom bomb never falls".

Music by Koki Kinoshita, words by Ishiji Asada (1955). English translation by Ewan MacColl, with occasional touchups by us, Wychwood. The Japanese title is 原爆を許すまじ or "Genbaku o yurusumaji" – "No More Atomic Bombs" or “We must never forgive the atomic bomb.”

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