"Letter to Lady J" Dispatch
Capo on 4
G# C# G#
My dear old friend its you we need
G# C# G#
There’s blood in the gutter and fear in the streets
C# D#
How long do we have to fight for a change that never comes?
Fm G# Fm
oh in some ways it’s the same, but tonight the crowd they came
D#
Fists in the air, candles and vigils,
D#
Cracked dreams held together with curses and wishes, but
G# C# G#
How longs it been since you’ve been outside
G# Fm D#
How longs it been since you’ve opened your eyes
D# G# C#
I’ve been to the line and it’s all right there,
C# D# G#
and I cannot wait to get on from here.
G# C# G#
Arms bend back and blacked and welt
G# C# G#
The involuntary tears and the tears we felt
C# D#
Does it always have to get worse before it gets better
Fm G# Fm
oh in some ways it’s the same, but tonight the crowd they came
D#
Fists in the air, candles and vigils,
D#
Cracked dreams held together with curses and wishes, but
G# C# G#
How longs it been since you’ve been outside
G# Fm D#
How longs it been since you’ve opened your eyes
D# G# C#
I’ve been to the line and it’s all right there,
C# D# G#
and I cannot wait to get on from here.
[Humming]
G# Fm G#
G# Fm D#
D# Fm C#
C# D# G#
G# C# G#
Virgil Kane where are you now
G# C# G#
Did they bury the hate when they buried the south?
C# D#
We’ve got to tell the spirit mystics of tomorrow that
Fm G# Fm
in some ways it’s the same, but tonight the crowd they came
D#
Fists in the air, candles and vigils,
D#
Cracked dreams held together with curses and wishes, but
G# C# G#
How longs it been since you’ve been outside
G# Fm D#
How longs it been since you’ve opened your eyes
D# G# C#
I’ve been to the line and it’s all right there,
C# D# G#
and I cannot wait to get on from here.
[Humming]
G# Fm G#
G# Fm D#
D# Fm C#
C# D# C