Tabbed by: Lazyboyofalabam

Intro: G5 D5 C5 G5 (2x)

G5
  Sing the ups
D5  
  Sing the downs
C5                      G5
  And the silent people shaking the grounds

(the same)
Sing the faith
Sing the truth
Burning fire in the belly of youth

Sing the progress
And some missteps
While we're making our way

G5                   D5                    C5
  Somedays it's so hard to escape the dark cloud
                  G5 
Hovering over our heads

        Bb5                 G5
But I'm not gonna let them paint me blue
     Bb5                G5
I'm not gonna let them bend my view
          D5           C5  
Not this time, not any time,
          G5
I'm gonna sing me life
Eb5                       
  That's what I'm gonna do
Bb5  Eb5         
     Hey hey hey.
Bb5    Eb5          
    And you should too.
Bb5  Eb5         
     Hey hey hey.
Bb5  Eb5

(same as the first verse)
Sing the bright day
From a long night
And a tunnel giving way to the light

Sing the good deeds
And the fowl plays
And crosses carried we all pay

Face the problem in our system
We can fight this disease

(I know) Somedays it's so hard to escape the dark cloud
Hovering over our heads

 

        Bb5                 G5
But I'm not gonna let them paint me blue
     Bb5                G5
I'm not gonna let them bend my view
          D5           C5  
Not this time, not any time,
          G5
I'm gonna sing me life
Eb5                       
  That's what I'm gonna do
Bb5  Eb5         
     Hey hey hey.
Bb5    Eb5          
    And you should too.
Bb5  Eb5         
     Hey hey hey.
Bb5  Eb5



 

Instrumental: G5 D5 C5 (4x) 

 

        Bb5                 G5
But I'm not gonna let them paint me blue
     Bb5                G5
I'm not gonna let them bend my view
          D5           C5  
Not this time, not any time,
          G5
I'm gonna sing me life
Eb5                       
  That's what I'm gonna do
Bb5  Eb5         
     Hey hey hey.
Bb5    Eb5          
    And you should too.
Bb5  Eb5         
     Hey hey hey.
Bb5  Eb5

(Repeat A# D#7 all the way through the end)

Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing.

End on A#