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