Sacrifice

"Sacrifice" (Flipper) – 6:07

The original version appears on Flipper's 1984 LP Gone Fishin' and also appears on the 1988 LP Sex Bomb, Baby!

Melvins version originally from Lysol, 1992 on Boner Records.

Lyrics

Can you hear the War Cry?

It's time to enlist

The People speak as One

The Cattle; the Crowd

Those too afraid to live

Demand a sacrifice

Of your life

Can you smell their stinking breath?

Listen to them

Wheezing and gasping and

Chanting their slogans

It's a gravedigger's song

Praising God & State

So the Nation will live

So we all can remain as cattle

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[Flipper's version]:

Can you hear the War Cry?

It's time to enlist

The People speak as One

The Cattle; the Crowd

Those too afraid to live demand a Sacrifice

Can you hear them wheezing?

Listen to them, chanting their slogans

It's a gravedigger's song, demanding a Sacrifice

Can you see the fresh blood steaming from the soil?

As our fathers and mothers

Our Patriots and lovers

Admire the Military style; Praising God and State

So the Nation can remain cattle; so the Nation will survive

And the demand is a Sacrifice

Can you hear the War Cry?

It's time to enlist

Those too afraid to live, living as cattle

The Masses speak as One - they demand a sacrifice

Guitar TAB

This is the entire song, bass included.

The bass starts off first and it goes like this:

G|---------------------------------
D|---------7---5-------------------
A|-----7-----7---6---6-6---6-6-6-7-
E|-0-------------------------------
or this
g------------------------------------|
d------------------------------------|
a--------12----10--------------------|
e--0--12----12----11-11--11--11--12--|

Do this 4 times.

After the feedback part play this 4x (on guitar)

e--------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------|
g--9--9--9-9-9-9--9--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--|
d--9--9--9-9-9-9--9--8--8--8-8-8-8--8--|
a--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--6--6--6-6-6-6--6--|
e--------------------------------------|

Then play the bass riff 5 more times.

Then the guitar riff 9 more times.

Then the bass part about 25 more times.