Canadian Cultural Workers Committee – Death To The Traitors Guitar Chords

[Intro]
Dbm Ab Dbm Ab

[Verse 1]
Dbm Ab
The imperialists rape and plunder
Dbm Ab
This glorious land
Dbm E
They rob and steal the nation
B Ab
We’re moulding with our hands
Dbm E
But burns bright that red starlight
Ab Dbm
We’ll smash the imperialists’ might
Dbm
We’ll win liberation,
Dbm
Win liberation,
Dbm
Win liberation.

[Verse 2]
Dbm Ab
It is we who ploughed the praries
Dbm Ab
Built the cities where they trade
Dbm E
Built the mines and built them factories
B Ab
And those miles of railroad laid
Dbm E
But the reactionary bourgeoisie
Ab Dbm
Like traitors sold out our country
Dbm
Death to the traitors,
Dbm
Death to the traitors,
Dbm
Death to the traitors.

[Verse 3]
Dbm Ab
Dusty miners pulling ore
Dbm Ab
From the bowels of the Earth
Dbm E
Proletarians in the factories
B Ab
Wage slaves from birth
Dbm E
Our people have a proud heritage
Ab Dbm
Of fighting against our bondage
Dbm
We’ll smash our chains,
Dbm
We’ll smash our chains,
Dbm
We’ll smash our chains.

[Verse 4]
Dbm Ab
The enemy before us
Dbm Ab
Is a monster indeed
Dbm E
Human blood and bones
B Ab
Are the food on which it feeds
Dbm E
But faces it a world of foes
Ab Dbm
Imperialism is in death throes
Dbm
Death to the traitors,
Dbm
Death to the traitors,
Dbm
Death to the traitors.

[Verse 5]
Dbm Ab
Toilers in the shops
Dbm Ab
And tillers in the fields
Dbm E
Native people, Québécois,
B Ab
Our unity is real
Dbm E
They want to split our unity
Ab Dbm
And divert us from our enemy
Dbm
Long live our unity,
Dbm
Long live our unity,
Dbm
Long live our unity.

[Verse 6]
Dbm Ab
They send foreign agents
Dbm Ab
Into our midst
Dbm E
Opportunists and revisionists
B Ab
Are police socialists
Dbm E
They talk about revolution
Ab Dbm
Just to sow confusion
Dbm
Death to the traitors,
Dbm
Death to the traitors,
Dbm
Death to the traitors.

[Verse 7]
Dbm Ab
We’ve nothing but contempt
Dbm Ab
For the traitorous state
Dbm E
And for the bourgeoisie
B Ab
We’ve nothing but class hate
Dbm E
We’re prepared for revolution
Ab Dbm
We know the solution
Dbm
Make the rich pay,
Dbm
Make the rich pay,
Dbm
Make the rich pay.

[Verse 8]
Dbm Ab
Windward waves the red flag
Dbm Ab
Fist to the sky
Dbm E
The Canadian people’s fury rises
B Ab
As we boldly defy
Dbm E
The lackey Ottowa traitors
Ab Dbm
Who sold out our land and labor
Dbm
Death to the traitors,
Dbm
Death to the traitors,
Dbm
Death to the traitors.
Dbm
Death to the traitors,
Dbm
Death to the traitors,
Dbm
Death to the traitors.