Last Letter to Mother

Описание: This was written during FAWM. The prompt for this songwriting challenge was: "Looking back over a year". The year I chose was 1933, the year Hitler came to power. The parallels with a certain current leader of a formerly Democratic Country are chillingly similar.
LYRICS & CHORDS
INTRO: (F) (G) (Am)

(Am) Dear Mother,
I hope you're doing (G) well
Over here now, it's like a living (Am) hell
In (F) January their leader be(C)came the head of state
De(F)mocracy and fairness were (C) all thrown out the gate
They've (F) rounded up a number (C) of our dearest friends
You did (G) well to leave our country, here it's all so (Am) tense

By (Am) March their leader was above the (G) law
I fear he is planning another (Am) war
(F) Parliament's not consulted when they (C) bring in a new act
Their (F) lies are spread like a virus, (C) nothing's based on fact
They're (F) blaming the crash on immigrants, (C) that's absurd we know
If it (G) wasn't for Anita, I'd be making plans to (Am) go

In (Am) August they took total con(G)trol
The streets are full of bullies on pa(Am)trol
I (F) bet the leaders face will soon be (C) on the postage stamps
There are (F) rumours he's setting up (C) concentration camps
Anita's (F) parents say "he'll be stopped", (C) but I'm not sure
Their (G) wealth may not protect them given what they stand (Am) for

(Am) In December he pulled us out the (G) League
The opposition is suffering from fa(Am)tigue
(F) Who'd have believed our (C) democratic state
Could have (F) turned so quickly to a (C) place built on hate
(F) Mother, I honestly (C) don't know what to do
There are (G) times I wish that I were not a (Am) Jew