Tuning: Standard with CAPO on the 2nd fret D5 G5 Bb5 A5 D5 A5 These are the days of the open hand A5 They will not be the last Look around now G5 Bb5 C5 D5 These are the days of the beggars and the choosers A5 This is the year of the hungry man A5 Whose place is in the past G5 Bb5 C5 E5 Hand in hand with ignorance and legitimate excuses B5 The rich declare themselves poor E5 And most of us are not sure A5 If we have too much but we?ll take our chances B5 E5 ?Cause God stopped keeping score B5 I guess somewhere along the way E5 He must have let us all out to play And turned his back A5 And all God?s children G5 D5 Crept out the back door A5 And its hard to love A5 Theres so much to hate G5 Hanging onto hope Bb5 C5 D5 When there is no hope to speak of A5 And the wounded skies above A5 Say its much too late G5 Bb5 C5 D5 G5 Bb5 A5 Oh maybe we should all be praying for time D5 A5 This is the year of the empty hand A5 Oh you hold onto what you can G5 Bb5 C5 And charity is a coat you wear twice a year D5 A5 These are the days of the guilty man A5 your television takes a stand G5 Bb5 And you find that what was over there C5 E5 Is over here B5 So you scream from behind your door E5 Say whats mine is mine and not yours I may have too much A5 B5 E5 But I?ll take my chances cause God stopped keeping score B5 And you?ll cling to the things they sold you E5 Did you cover your eyes when they told you That he cant come back A5 ?Cause he has no children G5 D5 to come back for A5 A5 And its hard to love when theres so much to hate G5 And hanging onto hope Bb5 C5 D5 When there is no hope to speak of A5 And the wounded skies above A5 Say its much, much too late G5 Bb5 C5 D5 G5 A5 D5 Mm , well maybe we should all be praying for time
