Verse
C#m C#m
There are dogs in the yard, howling at the moon
C#m C#m
There are sinners like me our judgment's coming soon
C#m C#m
And I stand at the bottom of this dark and lonely well
C#m C#m
Saying "please give me answers so I might escape Hell"
[Verse 2]
C#m C#m
I watched from my window as they gunned down unarmed men
C#m C#m
Tried to say it's not my problem: couldn't happen to my friends
F#m F#m
But the truth is they're my brothers, and they're my countrymen
C#m C#m
And if we lose our better angels, we won't get them back again
[Chorus]
E C#m
Come on and raise your voice above the raging seas
B A
We can't hold our breath forever when our brothers cannot breathe
E C#m
Come on and raise your voice above the raging seas
B A
We can't hold our breath forever when our sisters cannot breathe
C#m
Mmmmm
[Verse 3]
C#m C#m
Well I've lived outside Atlanta, in Durham and Nashville
C#m C#m
I spent years in California, in the valleys and the hills
F#m F#m
And they say we'll fix the problem, yeah we all live the dream
C#m C#m
But when shots ring out in Charleston, tell me who are the ones that bleed?
[Chorus]
E C#m
Come on and raise your voice above the raging seas
B A
We can't hold our breath forever when our brothers cannot breathe
E C#m
Come on and raise your voice above the raging seas
B A
We can't hold our breath forever when our sisters cannot breathe
E
Oh, oh
C#m
Oh, oh
B
Oh, oh
A
Our brothers cannot breathe
E
Oh, oh
C#m
Oh, oh
B
Oh, oh
A
Our sisters cannot breathe
[Outro]
C#m B
All good people, won't you come around?
B
Won't you come around?
F#
Won't you come around?
C#m B
All good people, won't you come around?
B
Won't you come around?
C#m
Defend your brothers
C#m B
All good people, won't you come around?
B
Won't you come around?
F#
Won't you come around?
C#m B
All good people, won't you come around?
B
Won't you come around?
C#m
Hold up each other
(Repeat outro until end)