Intro- C G Am C G Am X -x2
C G Am
There’s gotta be a way around everything
C G Am X
I gotta know so you have to start walking away
C G Am
It’s not physical or criminal, its not political anyway
C G
Stop getting confused now
X
Or making your rules now
C G X
We’ve given you voices and given you choices
G
And they say
G C
Why? Why do our children cry?
X
Why do our children cry?
G
Yeah
C G Am
And everybody does what it takes to ease the pain.
C G
We’re better off alone and we know it
Am X
But its a difficult thing to do
C G
Cheat or chose or win or lose
Am X
Everybody’s in on it anyway
C G X
Hell, why do we care when there’s chemical warfare?
C G X G
It’s ironic to say when we’re stuck in the system anyway
G C
Why? Why do the people pray?
X
Why do the people pray?
G
Ooh
C Dm
Dm Gm
And everybody’s fighting
A
And everybody knows
Dm
We cannot change it but we’re close
X C X Dm
And I hear them calling me
X A G
Do you know I’m trying to free you, find you, reach you
Dm X C
There never gonna listen Oh no
Dm X C
Who’s it you’re missing? Oh No
Dm X C
Tell me where’s your prison. I know x2
Dm X C
I know because I listen. I know x3
Dm X C Dm
I hear them cause I listen and now I know.