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Only Six Thousand Generations

from Love, Life And Bad Breath by Jan Hauenstein

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Nuclear waste will worry our descendants for another 200,000 years. Tamara sings harmony on this folky protest song.

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Only Six Thousand Generations Jan Hauenstein

(C)Only six (G/B)thousand gene(Am)rations, (A2)(Am)
(F) Only two (C)hundred thousand (G)years,
By the (F)end of that short (C)spell,
If we (E7)haven´t gone to (Am)hell,
We can (F)stop guarding the waste
And sink some (G)beers. (G/A)(G/B)(G)(G/D)

But (C)ain´t that a (Am)mighty long (Am/E)time, (F) I hear you (G)say,
(F) Isn´t that a (C)mighty high price (G) we´ll have to pay?
(C) Fool, think (Am)twice, (Am/E) and (F)don´t make such a (G)fuss,
Some(F)body´ll have to (C)pay up, but it prob´ly won´t be (G)us.

Let the (F)Geiger counters (E)count
While we´re (Am)sleeping (Am7)safe and (D7)sound,
Cher(G)nobyl, (Em) that was so long a(Am)go.
The con(F)tainment may be (E7)crumbling,
But that´s (Am)just some (Am7)distant (D7)rumbling,
And (G)merely a couple (Em)thousand people (Am)died, you know. (C/B)

(C)Only six (G/B)thousand gene(Am)rations, (A2)(Am)
(F) Only two (C)hundred thousand (G)years,
By the (F)end of that short (C)spell,
If we (E7)haven´t gone to (Am)hell,
We can (F)stop guarding the waste
And sink some (G)beers. (G/A)(G/B)(G)(G/D)

(C) Sure, with plu(Am)tonium, (Am/E) a little (F)risk may be in(G)volved,
But (F)don´t you think that (C)someday that tiny (G)problem will be solved?
So (C)children in (Am)Sellafield (Am/E) are (F)dying from that (G)stuff?
But (F)we´ve got cheap (C)energy, and for me, that´s good e(G)nough!

Let the (F)Geiger counters (E)count
With that (Am)soft tick-(Am7)tick-a-tocking (D7)sound,
(G) Today, there´s (Em)money to be (Am)made!
Let the (F)barrels pile high and (E7)rust,
Let them (Am)crumble (Am7)into (D7)dust,
(G) Yes, there´s a (Em)snake that lies in (Am)wait, but…(C/B)

(C)Only for six (G/B)thousand gene(Am)rations, (A2)(Am)
(F) Only for two (C)hundred thousand (G)years,
By the (F)end of that short (C)spell,
If we (E7)haven´t gone to (Am)hell,
We can (F)stop guarding the waste
And sink some (G)beers. (G/A)(G/B)(G)(G/D) (C) (G/B)
Sink some (C)beers. (C/D)(C/E) (C) (G) (C)

Turunc, Turkey, 14 & 16 October 2009

janhauenstein@gmx.de

www.janhauenstein.com

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from Love, Life And Bad Breath, released August 5, 2010

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Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
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Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

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