Deadly Harvest (Genbaku o yurusumaji) by Halfwitch & the Continuum
Channel: Wychwood Music
Date: 09/08/2022

Earnest TV, episode 1, guest starring Hayley and Kris. After coming together to play some songs at Ottawa's Hiroshima & Nagasaki Peace Memorial Lantern Ceremony, we reconvened to the Quaker house basement to create a record some of what we'd played.

"Deadly Harvest" is known in Japanese as 原爆を許すまじ or "Genbaku o yurusumaji" – "No More Atomic Bombs" or “We must never forgive the atomic bomb.” It was written in 1955 by Koki Kinoshita (music) and Ishiji Asada (words ). The English translation is by Ewan MacColl, with a few touch-ups from Tim.

The lyrics and chords we used:

[Introductory verse in Japanese]
Furusato no machi yakare
Mi yori no hone umeshi yaketsuchi ni
Iwa wa shiroi hana saku
Ah yurusumaji genbaku o
[Refrain] Mitabi yurusumaji genbaku o
               Warera no machi ni

Verse 1
In the place where our city was destroyed
Where we buried the ashes of the ones that we loved
There the grass grows and the white waving weeds
Deadly the harvest of two atom bombs

Refrain:
Then brothers & sisters you must watch & take care
That the third atom bomb never falls

2
The sky hangs like a shroud overhead    
And the sun's in the cage of the black evening cloud    
No birds fly in the leaden sky   
Deadly the harvest of two atom bombs
Then brothers & sisters...

3
Gentle rain carries poison from the sky    
And the fish carry death in the depths of the sea    
Fishing boats are idle, their owners are blind    
Deadly the harvest...

4
All that we have created with our hands    
All that is, all the glory of the world we live in    
Now it can be smashed, in a moment destroyed    
Deadly...

Verse chords:
Am Dm E7  Am | Am E7 AmDm Am | – A7 Dm E7 | Am C E7 –
Chorus chords:
F Dm E7 Am / Dm E7 Am — 
(Slashes show line divisions, dashes mean repeat the previous chord, two chords squeezed together means play two chords in the time you normally play one.)

The reverby echo is coming from an Empress Reverb pedal that's well-hidden by Tim's head.