Chords with lyrics
Verse:
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
There's a lesson I'm still learning as I walk onto the stage.
G+G C majorC D MajorD
We've been taught to keep our distance to prove that we are brave.
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Borders drawn, labels called out to keep hands from joining hands.
E minorEm C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
Can I reach across the border? Can I tell you who I am?
E minorEm C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
Can I reach across the border? Can I tell you... who I am?
Chorus:
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
Share the contents of our pockets.
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
Share the richness of our lives.
G+G
Lighten our load.
C majorC D MajorD
Share the food upon our tables.
C majorC D MajorD
Fill the emptiness before us.
C majorC G+G C majorC D MajorD
We're all voices in the chorus.
Verse:
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Though our words may come out differently there's a bond in all the sounds.
G+G C majorC D MajorD
We create a common language when we move ourselves along.
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
So when you tell me of your vision, your life and hopes and fears,
E minorEm C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
then you reach across the border. I can feel you drawing nearer.
E minorEm C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
When you reach across the border I can feel you... drawing near.
Chorus:
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
Share the contents of our pockets.
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
Share the richness of our lives.
G+G
Lighten our load.
C majorC D MajorD
Share the food upon our tables.
C majorC D MajorD
Fill the emptiness before us.
C majorC G+G C majorC D MajorD
We're all voices in the chorus.
Verse:
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
We've been told we can't find harmony if our styles are not the same,
G+G C majorC D MajorD
cannot learn to love each other, can't pronounce each other's name.
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Borders made by those who profit when we're separate and at war
E minorEm C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
Let us reach across the borders, make the sounds, open the door.
E minorEm C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD G+G
Let us reach across the border, make the sounds... open the door.
Chorus:
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
Share the contents of our pockets.
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
Share the richness of our lives.
G+G
Lighten our load.
C majorC D MajorD
Share the food upon our tables.
C majorC D MajorD
Fill the emptiness before us.
C majorC G+G C majorC D MajorD
We're all voices in the chorus.
C majorC G+G C majorC D MajorD
We're all voices in the chorus.
C majorC G+G