Capo 2nd Fret E5 It started in basements A5 And it started in sheds E5 It started in backyards A5 E5 And was hidden under beds E5 I turned on the TV A5 sus 4 E5 Don't believe a word they say E5 We can't stay here A5 sus 4 E5 And we can't get away A5 E5 There's a riot on Sunset A5 E5 And fires burn in the park A5 E5 D5 sus 4 D5 The sun has set my friend A5 E5 And California's dark And over the screaming I heard a clear voice I looked at my choices And I made a choice Smoke and ashes Tonight hide the stars The stop lights are red now, love We've come for what's ours There's a riot on Sunset And fires burn in the park The sun has set my friend And California's dark E5 Come stand among the rattlesnakes At the side of the desert road And close your eyes and listen A5 E5 To the music hard and cold Tonight the moon is blackened Tonight the doors are shut Behind the shuttered windows A5 E5 We pray the sun will come up E5 For something walks across these fields For which there is no name You might have heard different A5 But I was there when it came E5 It will start with a spark And a great fire will grow Don't know how I know it A5 But I just know There's a riot on Sunset And fires burn in the park The sun sets everywhere And the whole damn country's dark There's a riot on Sunset And fires burn in the park The sun has set my friend And California's dark Outro E5 A5 G5 E5 One Man Revolution Capo 2nd Fret F#5 minor On the streets of New York The cabs don't stop A5 On the street where I live E5 They called the cops B5 minor Found a noose in my garage Now how 'bout that C#5 minor So tonight I'm in the bushes With a baseball bat F#5 minor Cause I'm a one man A5 I'm a one man E5 I'm a one man revolution B5 minor I'm a one man C#5 minor I'm a one man F#5 minor I'm a one man revolution The time is nigh A5 The day is dark E5 There's only one solution B5 minor I'm a one man C#5 minor I'm a one man F#5 minor I'm a one man revolution On the streets of Havana I got hugged and kissed At the Playboy Mansion I wasn't on the list On the streets of Cape Town Shit's ready to blow I don't know how to get there But I'm ready to go Cause I'm a one man I'm a one man I'm a one man revolution I'm a one man I'm a one man I'm a one man revolution The time is nigh The day is dark There's only one solution I'm a one man I'm a one man I'm a one man revolution D5 A5 Sacrifice and neon lights E5 F#5 minor Slaveships don't wait D5 A5 Love many, trust few E5 C#5 minor And don't be late F#5 minor In my nightmares The streets are aflame And in my dreams It's much the same And on the streets of L.A. They know my name And if you've come this far mister E5 Maybe we're one and the same I'm a one man I'm a one man I'm a one man revolution I'm a one man I'm a one man I'm a one man revolution The time is nigh The day is dark There's only one solution I'm a one man I'm a one man I'm a one man revolution Let Freedom Ring Capo 4th Fret Intro G5 C5 C5 A5 minor G5 G/f# E5 minor E5 minor There's a man homeless and hungry A5 minor E5 minor There's a wind that's hard and biting There's a song in need of singing A5 minor E5 minor There's a fuse in need of lighting G5 E5 minor It's no secret the day is coming G5 E5 minor And it's a day I hope to see But if they ask If they ask you brother A5 minor Who told you that E5 minor You didn't hear it from me G5 Let Freedom Ring C5 C5 A5 minor Let Freedom Ring A5 minor Let Freedom Ring G5 G/f# E5 minor Let Freedom Ring There's a book with seven seals There's a beast with seven heads There's seven angels on seven horses There's seven vials with seven plagues So if you hear If you hear a knocking On that door Just let it be But if they ask If they ask you brother Who told you that You didn't hear it from me Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring Where the righteous Where the righteous stood And where the righteous Where the righteous fell There's a voice That's soft and whispering Coming from the bottom of the well And I tried hard to remember To remember what that voice said Over and over Over and over I repeated those words Inside my head Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring E5 And if they ask If they ask you brother A5 minor Who told you that E5 minor Tell them it was me The Road I Must Travel E5 B5 Well I climbed the seven summits C#5 minor B5 And I swam the seven seas C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see B5 I fought in the jungles C#5 minor B5 And I fought in the streets C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see B5 Once I had a reason C#5 minor B5 Don't know what it could be C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see B5 Well I sang to myself C#5 minor B5 That I want to be free C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see E5 B5 I walked the empty desert C#5 minor And I was burned in the heat C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see B5 I crossed the frozen wasteland C#5 minor B5 And in the bitter cold did freeze C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see B5 And I will knock on every door C#5 minor B5 For I do not have a key C#5 minor A5 And the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see B5 Well I sang to myself C#5 minor B5 That I want to be free C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see E5 B5 They shot a man in Soho C#5 minor B5 Couldn't guess his age C#5 minor A5 I found his empty journal E5 I filled up every page B5 I called up my state senator C#5 minor B5 They said he wasn't there C#5 minor A5 The secretary took my name E5 And man she sounded scared B5 So I counted my misfortunes C#5 minor B5 I added up the blame C#5 minor A5 I picked through all the garbage E5 I checked off all the names B5 I read in the newspaper C#5 minor B5 They'd questioned all my friends C#5 minor A5 They hoped that they could find me E5 Before I struck again B5 Well I sang to myself C#5 minor B5 That I want to be free C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see E5 B5 So when thirsty I will drink C#5 minor B5 When hungry I will steal C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see B5 So tonight I walk in anger C#5 minor B5 With worn shoes on my feet C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see B5 And I will sing to myself C#5 minor B5 That I'm gonna be free C#5 minor A5 But the road I must travel E5 Its end I cannot see B5 There's a sign along the highway C#5 minor B5 But it's too dark now to read C#5 minor A5 E5 The Garden of Gethsemane Capo 4th Fret A5 minor G5 On the side of the dirt road A5 minor An old Chevy wreck G5 I climbed through the window A5 minor I sat in the back G5 I gathered my thoughts A5 minor With my head in my hands G5 My next of kin A5 minor My list of demands C5 G5 A5 minor I slipped from shadow to shadow C5 G5 A5 minor I saw things I should not see C5 G5 The moon rose high E5 minor D5 Over the Garden C5 G5 A5 minor The Garden of Gethsemane I know who I'm for And who I'm against I pulled the shades tight I built me a fence I dug a tunnel Deep and wide I sit at the bottom And wait for the night I slipped from shadow to shadow I saw things I should not see The moon rose high Over the Garden The Garden of Gethsemane Morning has come Clean clothes on the line There'll be no tomorrow I rise and I shine If you swallow the coin From the wishing well Your dreams will come true In heaven or hell I slipped from shadow to shadow I saw things I should not see The moon rose high Over the Garden The Garden of Gethsemane Take my hand Down we go Take my hand, love Down we go House gone up in Flames Tuned down ½ step D5 minor It's in the grain of the wood It's in the needle's rust C5 It's in the eagle's claw D5 minor It's in the eyes you trust It's in the jackal's dreams It's in the sleet and the hail C5 It's in the unmarked box D5 minor That came today in the mail It's in the dead man's pocket It's in the child's first sin C5 It's in the Constitution D5 minor Written in very small print It's in Colin Powell's lies It's in the shaman's trance C5 It's in the cellar waiting D5 minor And it's in the best laid plans F5 C5 We could cut and run D5 minor And take half the blame C5 Don't stop now G5 That's why we came House gone up in flames It's in the National Anthem It's in the scurrying roach It's in the closed partition 'Tween first class and coach It's in the relentless fever It's in the lonely room It's in the hands of fate And it's in the pharaoh's tomb It's in the rich man's dreams It's in the poor man's hands It's in the body bags Along the Rio Grande It's in the evening shade It's on the zealot's tongue It's in the widow's tears And it's in the miner's lungs We could cut and run And take half the blame Don't stop now That's why we came House gone up in flames It's in the moon's dark spin It's in the cloudless sky It was in St. Peter's denial That he'd thrice deny It's in the distant thunder It's in the whispered prayer That they won't find us hidden here Beneath the stairs So consider yourself lucky And watch what you say I got what I wanted You might get the same It's in the bold print nailed To the cathedral door It's in the black cold pressure On the ocean floor We could cut and run And take half the blame Don't stop now That's why we came House gone up in flames Flesh Shapes the Day E5 Now you might have heard different But I know it's a fact That Jesus, Mary, Joseph And the Apostle Paul were black A5 Ten letters I am writing Each one reads the same E5 Nine circles I am drawing One around your name B5 Land and freedom Steel and faith A5 Tooth and bone and wire E5 Skin, scar, dirt and fire B5 It doesn't matter who you are A5 It does not matter what you say G5 E5 G5 E5 G5 E5 Flesh shapes the day Now it's clear as a pillar of smoke And broken Starbuck's glass Yeah, I support my troops They wave black flags They wear black masks All the roads are closed Smoke is rising from the fields The monsters left their cages An angel set them free Land and freedom Steel and faith Tooth and bone and wire Skin, scar, dirt and fire It doesn't matter who you are It does not matter what you say Flesh shapes the day A5 G5 E5 X6 Veteran's hospitals And witches spells Low to buy And high to sell And little girls Collecting shells And memories Upon the shelves And ringing bells And high school choirs And faithful dogs Beside the fire And billionaires And open bars And early exits And judgments hard And land and freedom And steel and faith And tooth and bone and wire And skin, scar, dirt and fire It doesn't matter who you are Does not matter what the fuck you say Flesh shapes the day Battle Hymns Capo 3rd fret D5 minor F5 Battle hymns for the broken B5 flat A5 minor Battle hymns for the misled C5 A5 Battle hymns for the wretched D5 minor The forgotten and the dead F5 Battle hymns of redemption B5 flat A5 minor Of solidarity and pride C5 A5 Battle hymns we will be singing D5 minor At the turning of the tide D5 minor F5 C5 D5 minor Can you explain to the mothers F5 And the fathers of those C5 Who come riding home in coffins D5 minor In their military clothes D5 minor Shiny medals pinned F5 To their dead teenage chests C5 While the trumpets blare D5 minor And you lie your best So ask all you want F5 From the dusk til the dawn C5 The answer's still no D5 minor Cause brother I'm gone Battle hymns for the broken Battle hymns for the misled Battle hymns for the wretched The forgotten and the dead Battle hymns of redemption Of solidarity and pride Battle hymns we will be singing At the turning of the tide F5 C5 A5 Can you explain away the sleight of hand And the criminality Of spending souls for oil Well in the mirror I can see I am the path that leads down I am a dark and bloody hall I'm the reaper, executioner Hangman, judge, and the law So tie a yellow ribbon Round the oak tree on the lawn But the cavalry's not comin' Cause brother they're gone Battle hymns for the broken Battle hymns for the misled Battle hymns for the wretched The forgotten and the dead Battle hymns of redemption Of solidarity and pride Battle hymns we will be singing At the turning of the tide So I'm sharpening my shovel I'm firing the kiln I'm blind and I am purposeful A martyr on the hill The dream you might be dreaming Might be someone else's dream tonight I'm the whisperer of misgivings I'm the fading tail light I'm the call for retribution From the back of the smoke filled hall I'm the vow of bitterness I'm the poison in the well I've a photographic memory Of the deeds I will avenge I'm the cold in the river hollow I've a hatpin, I've a plan I don't care of cause or consequence Head shaved and body lean I'm the go?getter, the score settler I'm the shadow on the green There's a flock of blackbirds flying Nearly ten thousand strong Who set off this morning And brother they're gone Battle hymns for the broken Battle hymns for the misled Battle hymns for the wretched The forgotten, for the dead Battle hymns of redemption Of solidarity and pride Battle hymns we will be singing At the turning of the tide Maximum Firepower A5 minor This one's for the shoeshine boy And the farmer in debt Each string is barbed wire Each chord is a threat G5 This blues guy I met That never had a hit A5 minor Said you don't gotta be loud, son To be heavy as shit Well I'm the triggerman, baby And tonight I'll prove That this machine here Well it kills fascists too G5 And don't be surprised If the sermon on the mount A5 minor Next time is delivered In a little coffee house D5 minor Cause somebody here's Gotta let them know A5 minor I doubt it's me But here I go E5 minor I hit the button Tape started to roll G5 The song's got fire But it's got no soul C5 G5 A5 minor There's a lonely stretch of blacktop G5 Between here and home C5 G5 A5 minor Drop down into the valley Piano playin' in the living room F5 A5 minor And when you see the white barn G5 A5 minor You'll know the journey's through C5 G5 A5 minor My dog's barking in the backseat G5 A5 minor Cause he knows it too A5 minor G5 You'll need a fake passport And fix your disguise And don't fire, sugar Til you see the whites of their eyes I turned the other cheek But now I'm through The skin you're in Makes choices for you I was checking off names And I came late to dinner Seems the slices of pie Keep getting thinner and thinner Brothers and sisters Rejoice and repent The landlord's dead You can keep the rent You got twelve fine friends But one of 'em's rotten There's a hole out back Ain't got no bottom Forty days in the wilderness Forty sleepless nights I'm confused, half blind And sure I'm right There's a lonely stretch of blacktop Between here and home Drop down into the valley Piano playin' in the living room And when you see the white barn You'll know the journey's through My dog's barking in the backseat Cause he knows it too F5 Officer please I won't be long A5 minor Called the radio station Requested this song F5 I had my doubts About what I knew E5 minor So I turned it up G5 Then it sounded true A5 minor Kiss the ring If the Queen will let you But come over the fence And the dogs will get you On a rope hung the traitor On a hook hung the meat You and me are missing persons C5 G5 Til we're counted in the streets A5 minor So seize the time And storm the tower And come correct With Maximum Firepower For the sins of the fathers The son he must pay The Nightwatchman giveth C5 G5 And he taketh away D5 minor Thought hard about this next line Pretty sure it's true A5 minor If you take a step towards freedom It'll take two steps towards you E5 minor So mister I ain't scared And mister I ain't worried G5 Cause on that lonely stretch of blacktop I sit as judge and jury There's a lonely stretch of blacktop Between here and home Drop down into the valley Piano playin' in the living room And when you see the white barn You know the journey's through My dog's barking in the backseat Cause he knows it too The clock strikes the hour Tonight we ride You've got three more seconds To choose sides Union Song Capo 3rd Fret Intro A5 E5 A5 For the fired auto workers Who were twisted, tricked and robbed To the peasant in Guatemala In a sweatshop got your job And she can't feed her family On the pennies that she makes Meanwhile the crime rate's rising Up and down the Great Lake states Like vegetables left in the field The signatures smell rotten On the contracts and the deeds That push the race down to the bottom As they load the rubber bullets As they fire another round I'm heading into the tear gas Dig in man, hold your ground D5 For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez Who fought in their own time A5 For our brothers and our sisters Up and down that picket line E5 For the unnamed and unnumbered Who struggle brave and long A5 For the union men and women Standing up and standing strong Si nos quedemos Juntos vamos a ganar? Si ! Hit em where it hurts And bite the hand that feeds You might get one to three Or probation and a fine But I know where I'm gonna be I'm gonna be right on that front line For Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez Who fought in their own time For our brothers and our sisters Up and down that picket line For the unnamed and unnumbered Who struggle brave and long For the union men and women Standing up and standing strong Now dirty scabs will cross the line While others stand aside and look But ain't nobody never got nothin' That didn't raise their voice and push Like the steel worker in Ohio The miner in West Virginia The teacher in Chicago Janitor in Mississippi From the sweatshops of L.A. To the fields of Mission Flats There's a thunder cloud exploding And I'm free at last Like Joe Hill and Caesar Chavez Who fought in their own time Like our brothers and our sisters Up and down that picket line Like the unnamed and unnumbered Who struggle brave and long Like the union men and women Standing up and standing strong The Dark Clouds Above G5 Never listened to the pain C5 G5 Never listened to fortune or fame Never listened to eagle or dove C5 G5 Never listened to anger or love D5 C5 G5 But I listen to the dark clouds above Never answered to the call Never answered to nothing at all Never answered when times got rough Never answered to anger or love But I answer to the dark clouds above Never waited for dollar or dime Never waited for signal or sign Never waited when they screamed enough Never waited for anger or love But I'm waiting for the dark clouds above Until The End Intro A5 minor C5 G5 A5 minor F5 C5 A5 minor G5 E5 minor A5 C5 No one knows who gave the orders G5 A5 minor No one asks about the crime C5 No one looks behind the curtain G5 A5 minor No one questions why C5 The only time we've got G5 Is right about now C5 I cross my heart G5 I take the vow C5 G5 I'll never turn A5 minor I'll never bend G5 I'm with you now A5 minor Until the end Tonight's the test Tonight's the time I am the punishment That fits the crime I'll break the bricks I'll pick the locks I don't got nothin' But I'll give what I got I'll never turn I'll never bend I'm with you now Until the end Ten trials whose outcomes All fixed from the start Nine judges sitting counting Their money in the dark Eight towers of iron Surround the desert town On a cold December morning Seven martyrs knocked them down Six fathers still waiting For their six sons to come home Five mothers who know better And accept that they're gone Four years I've been hunted Still I breathe free Three times I shot the sheriff And did not spare the deputy Two prayers I'm praying Until we're together One promise I'm keeping Tonight and forever I'll never turn I'll never bend I'm with you now Until the end This song is not on the Album but can be found on youtube. Alone without you Capo 5th Fret A5 minor C5 A5 minor Sick of the waiting praying and hoping A5 minor C5 A5 minor Sick of the cold whispered dreams and not knowin C5 G5 Sick of the strength that it takes to keep going A5 minor G5 A5 minor Sick ‘cause I’m losing this fight and it’s showing. D5 minor A5 minor Aye G5 A5 minor Unforgivable but true D5 minor A5 minor Aye G5 A5 minor I’m alone without you Sick of the fear and Sick of the cold Sick ‘cause it’s worse for the weak and the old With two broken legs I’m climbing this hill Sick of deciding who gets what in my will Unforgivable but true I’m alone without you F5 Sick ‘cause I’m stuck on the wrong side of town A5 minor Sick ‘cause I’m pulling but still sinking down G5 Sick ‘cause I can’t turn this whole thing around E5 Sick ‘cause I’m too weak to hunt somebody down Unforgivable but true I’m alone without you Sick of this hammer and litany of sins Is banging and burning I can’t stand the din Sick ‘cause the darkness keeps sinking on in Sick to be leaving my family and friends
