Standing In The Breach chords by Jackson Browne

Guitar chords with lyrics

[Intro]
A minorAm     FF     C majorC      G MajorG


[Refrain]
A minorAm                   FF            C majorC        G MajorG      C majorC
Though the earth may tremble, and our foundations crack
A minorAm            FF          C majorC                  G MajorG
We will all assemble and we will build them back
A minorAm                         FF
And rush to save the lives remaining
C majorC     E MajorE          A minorAm
Still within our reach
C majorC                    F/CF/C       FF              C majorC
Try to put our world together, standing in the breach.

[Verse]
C majorC                              FF              C majorC
So many live in poverty, while others live as kings
C majorC                 A minorAm                                  D MajorD          G MajorG Aug5
And some may find peace in the acceptance of all that living brings
C majorC                               FF       D MajorD
I will never understand however they’ve prepared
C majorC                          F/CF/C      C majorC               G MajorG
How one life may be struck down and another life be spared


[Refrain]
A minorAm                   FF            C majorC        G MajorG     C majorC
Though the earth may tremble, and cast our works aside
A minorAm                 FF          C majorC              G MajorG
Though our efforts resemble, the fluctuating tide
A minorAm                        FF
We rise and fall with the trust and belief
      C majorC   E MajorE          A minorAm
That love redeems us each
C majorC                             F/CF/C       FF               C majorC
And bend our backs and hearts together, standing in the breach.

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[Bridge]
A minorAm                   FF
You don't know why it's such a far cry
C majorC                  G MajorG        C majorC
From the world this world could be
A minorAm                 FF
You don't know why but you still try
C majorC                         G MajorG
For the world you wish to see
A minorAm                  FF
You don't know how, it’ll happen now
      E MajorE                A minorAm
After all that's come undone

         FF                  E minorEm
But you know the change the world needs now
DmDm             G MajorG
Is there, in everyone
[Guitar solo (not positive of the exact chord progression, but the solo is over something like…)]
C majorC     Fm6Fm6    C majorC    G MajorG    C majorC    FF    C majorC    FF    C majorC    FF    C majorC    G MajorG    A minorAm    FF    C majorC    E MajorE    A minorAm    FF    C majorC    G MajorG    C majorC


[Verse]
C majorC
The unpaid debts of history
FF                  C majorC
The open wounds of time
 C majorC                     A minorAm        FF               Fm6Fm6
The laws of human nature always tugging from behind
C majorC
I want to think that the earth can heal
         FF                  D MajorD
And that people might still learn
C majorC                             F/CF/C
How to meet this world's true challenges
            C majorC                      G MajorG
And that the course we're on could turn


[Refrain]
A minorAm                        FF              C majorC      G MajorG         C majorC
And though the earth may tremble and the oceans pitch and rise
A minorAm          FF              C majorC              G MajorG
We will all assemble and we will lift our eyes
A minorAm                           FF
To the tasks that we know lie before us
        C majorC     E MajorE           A minorAm
And the power our prayers beseech
    C majorC                 F/CF/C            FF               C majorC
And cast our souls into the heavens, standing in the breach


[Bridge]
A minorAm                 FF
You don't know why it's such a far cry
C majorC                    G MajorG           C majorC
From the world, this world could be
A minorAm                     FF
You don't know why, but you still try
C majorC                         G MajorG
For the world you wish to see
A minorAm                      FF
You don't know how (it) it’ll happen now
FF                E MajorE    A minorAm
After all that's come undone
FF                                     C majorC            Fm6Fm6
And you know the world you're waiting for, may not come

G MajorG
No it may not come
Fm6Fm6                         C majorC
But you know the change the world needs now
DmDm            G MajorG
Is there, in everyone