Name: Swords Turn Into Ploughshares
Channel: Judy Small
Description: "Swords Turn Into Ploughshares" is a song by Joyous Noise. Until the swords turn into ploughshares Until the children eat their fill Until the mansions admit the lonely We have no cause for standing still

Swords Turn Into Ploughshares

Joyous Noise

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Until the swords turn into ploughshares Until the children eat their fill Until the mansions admit the lonely We have no cause for standing still

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Joyous Noise

Joyous Noise is a Winnipeg septet Five vocalists and two guitars performing highenergy folk music with a theme of social justice

Joyous Noise is a Winnipeg septet performing high-energy folk music with a theme of social justice. Six vocalists and two guitars (one electric, one acoustic) and a variety of percussion instruments give a wide range of musical possibilities; Joyous Noise performs gospel, humorous, African, and a wide variety of North American songs

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

#18,497 today Peak #134

#4,073 in subgenre Peak #18

Author

Judy Small

Uploaded

May 01, 2004

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MP3 3.3 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Lyrics

Chorus:
          C                C
Until the swords turn into ploughshares
          C                   G
Until the children eat their fill
          F                  C
Until the mansions admit the lonely
           C           G      C              
We have no cause for standing still

              F                   C
And when our voices of conscience calling
            C                     G
Lead not to prison, but freedom's road
                F                 C
We'll see the bastions around us falling             (note extra bar at 
                 C           G           C     C              
It's then we'll harvest the seeds we've sowed         end of each verse)      

(chorus)
Oh when the voices of women singing         (women only sing, 
Are heard in houses of mighty power          men should listen)
We'll hear the rafters around us ringing
We'll see a glimpse of our finest hour
(chorus)
And when the blood of poor people flowing  (orig. black brothers)
Makes us weep tears for everyone
And when the hatred's no longer growing
                 C           G           C     D
We'll know the new world has just begun

(chorus)  -- Key Change
          D                D
Until the swords turn into ploughshares
          D                   A
Until the children eat their fill
          G                  D
Until the mansions admit the lonely
           D           A      D
We have no cause for standing still

             G                 D
So keep your eyes on the far horizon
                D                  A
The prize we're seeking is shining there
          G                       D
Oh it's a long haul but it's a strong pull
              D          A    D    D
That leads a songbird to open air.

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