• Song:

    Who Will Save Us Now

  • Artist:

    Straylight Run

  • Album:

    The Needles The Space

Key: G

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Verse 1:
Em             G
Some of us are born and then 
D              C
some of us are born again
Em              G
Some of us are scared to death 
    D                 C
and some just don't believe in
   Em           G      D    C
it Something is always wrong
          Em G    D
There's a lie an idea 
        C
I can't get behind
Em     G
No one knows what's
D    C     Em G
right some try Some
D             C
try to find a king


Chorus 1:
           C
They sing "Who 
            G
will save us now?
It's our life but
   Am
we don't want to live
       C
it" We want to be 
    G
told now by something
or something who's
Am
better than us
       C
Who we know 
we can trust
       D
Who'll always 
               Am
protect us but keep 
us scared to death so 
   C
we never ask questions
       D
Who'll dictate the 
         Am
consequences of our actions 
    C
and give us peace of mind 
          C
about our miserable lives
   D
Confined and content 
All we want is 
               Em  G D C Em - G - D - C
a place we can hide


Verse 2:
Em
So we've always 
G
fought our wars 
    D
for what we're told
         C
is worth dying for
Em
Land and love and 
G
god and wealth 
    D
but men in charge 
   C
protect themselves
Em      G      D
You can rest assured 
that it's the 
Em   G        D
young and the poor 
              C
who've fought all them
         Em       
Our wars led to 
G        D  C
death by men who 
     Em   G    D
they chose and hoped 
         C
would protect them 


Chorus 2:
     C
and "Who will save
  G
us now? It's our
            Am
life but we don't 
want to live it"
    C
And all you'll get 
  G
is down because the 
people you elect to
   Am
protect your best interests
     C
will just protect themselves
    D
and all their investments
    Am
and even the few with the
C
best of intentions will
D
just push their views
     Am
what they think is right 
            C
for you and everyone
else You can't think 
for yourself because
D
you've chosen to let 
                       Em G D C Em - G - D - C-
someone else do it for you


Verse 3:
Em
So we're left to 
G
drift between 
    D
our waking life and 
C
all of our dreams
  Em
Reality is 
G            D
relative and all 
that's all the 
C
advice I'll give
Em       G         D
Life and death are hard
C             Em      G
  They're such strange 
    D           C
and complicated issues
   Em         G
So listen and listen 
D   C    Em     G
well for insight
    D
but no one knows
       C
what's right for you


Chorus 3:
 C               G
"Who will save us now? It's 
              Am
a wrong and irrelevant question 
        C           G
Because we figure it out
with the people who love us
    Am
Who call us half brothers
    C
for lessons we've learned
        D
for our fathers and mothers
    Am
not looking for someone
   C
to find our solutions 
D
Fight all our battles 
   Am
or show us what truth is 
        C
It's by working hard to 
find our own peace of mind
D
Living and learning until we 
                         Em    G D C Em - G - D - C
know what's right for our lives
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