• Song:

    Lift Up Every Stone

  • Artist:

    John Hiatt

  • Album:

    Crossing Muddy Waters

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(song begins with chorus)
CHORUS:
          F#mYou (244222@1)gotta lift up every stone now sister
      E (022100@1)             BGotta (x2444x@1)lift up every stone now sister
      F#mGotta (244222@1)lift up every stone now sister
      A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)         F#mGotta (244222@1)clear this field and build that wall

F#mHe (244222@1)was the prince of the county to the manor born
    E (022100@1)                     BThe (x2444x@1)sheets were bloody and dirty and torn
  F#m
Nobody saw nothing, not out this way
         A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)             B (x2444x@1)      F#mAnd (244222@1)they probably won't until the judgment day

CHORUS X1

F#mThere (244222@1)was a mighty whispering down at the church
          E (022100@1)                    B (x2444x@1)      
About the son of the father of a woman got hurt
          F#mThey (244222@1)were looking all over for somebody to pay
           A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)   F#mAnd (244222@1)that's you and me sister now every day

CHORUS X1
 
BRIDGE:
         ANow (x02220@1)the sun is bloody red
              E (022100@1)                 F#mAnd (244222@1)when it's gone somebody'll be dead
          A (x02220@1)            EDon't (022100@1)you cry a tear for me
          B (x2444x@1)              C#Because (x43121@1)I did what I could just to be free yeah

Solo section:
|:  F#m/ (244222@1)/ / | A/ (x02220@1)E/ (022100@1)| B/ (x2444x@1)F#m/ (244222@1):| X4

(last verse uses muffled/muted strum chords until last line, where full chords are played)
          F#mYou (244222@1)gotta lift up every stone now sister
       E (022100@1)                      B (x2444x@1)       F#m'cause (244222@1)one is the truth and the other's a lie
          F#mYou (244222@1)gotta lift up every stone now sister
           A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)      F#m'till (244222@1)they tear down the wall to make you cry

CHORUS X2

A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)         F#mWe (244222@1)gotta clear this field and build that wall
         A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)         F#mWe (244222@1)gotta...

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