The Internationale

Words by Eugene Pottier, 1871
Music by Pierre Degeyter, 8888

                                                     E                        G#m                                A  C#m  F#m
                         A-         rise        ye     pris'ners of star-     va-tion                 A-
          B                                                    E                                      E                G#m
         rise ye wret-ched of the       earth         For      jus-tice  thun-ders con-dem-
           A    C#m  F#m                           B                   B7                         E
         na-tion         A-              bet-  ter  world's in            birth           No-
           B                    F#                                    B                                                     F#
        more  tra-di-tion's chains shall  bind   us       A- rise  ye   slaves no more en-
          Eb                          B                      B7                                     E     G#m   C#m
       thrall     The     earth shall   rise  on new foun-       da-     tions We have been
           B                 F#7                  B                                 E         G#m       A  C#m F#m
     naught we shall  be       all        'Tis the       fi-    nal     con-flict      Let each
             B                       E        B7         E                 G#m                   C#m
       stand in their place The    in-   ter- nation-al       work-ing class shall
           F#           F#7                B            B7                  E        G#m      A C#m F#m
         be  the hu-man    race      'Tis the      fi-    nal     con-flict      Let each
            B        B7                 G#                    C#                          F#m               Am
        stand in   their     place  The  in-ter-nation-al work-ing class Shall
          E            B                  E
       be the hum-man race

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