[INT] -> E - C#m - F#m - B


verse:
           E C#m          F#m   B
how can it be that god is love
                E  C#m        F#m  B
when blood runs down upon our land
            E  C#m        F#m B
and fathers lose their only son?
A            F#m
where is the hope?
          B                      E
oh god we pray for white ribbon day.


           E C#m             F#m B
how can it be that you could love
                E C#m           F#m  B
when blood ran down that wooden cross?
            E   C#m       F#m B
your father gave his only son
    A        F#m
you came for peace
    B                             E
you came to die for white ribbon day

pre-chorus:
       A        E
and we pray for peace
             A        E
to flood our hearts again
     A       E              F#m  B
only god can save our nation now
       A        E               A       E
and we long for joy to fill our streets again
     A       E                F#m
only god can save our nation now

verse:
           E C#m          F#m(7) B(sus4)
how can it be that god is just
              E C#m               F#m B
when flesh is torn from young and old
             E C#m           F#m  B
and children run in bloody fields?
         A   F#m
where is the hope?
           B                     E
oh god we pray for white ribbon day

pre-chorus:
       A        E
and we pray for peace
             A        E
to flood our hearts again
     A       E              F#m  B
only god can save our nation now
       A        E               A       E
and we long for joy to fill our streets again
     A       E                F#m B
only god can save our nation now

chorus:
     A  E        A  E
hallelujah, hallelujah,
     A  E                     B
hallelujah, for white ribbon day
     A  E         A  E
hallelujah, hallelujah,
     A  E                     B
hallelujah, for white ribbon day

verse:
           E C#m           F#m B
and can it be that you are just
               E  C#m              F#m B
when flesh was torn from young and old?
             E  C#m              F#m B
and here we stand saved by your blood
      A          F#m
well stand with courage
               B                     E
well live and die for white ribbon day

chorus:
     A  E        A  E
hallelujah, hallelujah,
     A  E                    B
hallelujah, for white ribbon day
     A  E        A  E
hallelujah, hallelujah,
     A  E                    B
hallelujah, for white ribbon day

repeat chorus then repeat B until cue (solo)