Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
C majorC FF C majorC
Is it time for a speech or for silence
C majorC FF C majorC
Are you calling for peace or defiance
A minorAm G/BG/B F/AF/A
Is this darkening counsel or wisdom
A minorAm G+G C/GC/G
Are we all perpetrators or victims?
Verse 2:
C majorC FF C majorC
Is this childlike simple rote history
C majorC FF C majorC
Is it complex deciphering mystery
A minorAm G/BG/B F/AF/A
Is this blessing or ill gotten wealth
A minorAm G+G C/GC/G
A minorAm I speaking for God or myself?
Chorus:
G/BG/B A minorAm F/AF/A C/EC/E
It’s a hard world for a second guess girl
G/BG/B A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC
With one hand and another
G/BG/B A minorAm FF C majorC
I try to take it in but it leaves me spinning
DmDm G+G C majorC
Trying to love my sister and brother
Verse 3:
C majorC FF C majorC
Is this confidence born of a calling
C majorC FF C majorC
Is this ego and pride before falling
A minorAm G/BG/B F/AF/A
Are we standing to fight for what’s right
A minorAm G+G C/GC/G
Are we angry and hopelessly blind?
Verse 4:
C majorC FF C majorC
Are we companions of Job or prophets of God
C majorC FF C majorC
Are we not of this world or just painfully odd
A minorAm G/BG/B F/AF/A
Is it time for free grace or tough love
A minorAm G+G C/GC/G
Or a little of all the above?
Chorus:
G/BG/B A minorAm F/AF/A C/EC/E
It’s a hard world for a second guess girl
G/BG/B A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC
With one hand and another
G/BG/B A minorAm FF C majorC
I try to take it in but it leaves me spinning
DmDm G+G C majorC
Trying to love my sister and brother
Bridge:
F/AF/A C majorC DmDm G+G
Sooner or later we’ll know more about it
F/AF/A C majorC DmDm G+G
Sooner or later we’ll understand why
DmDm C/GC/G
We’ll understand why
Verse 5:
C majorC FF C majorC
Is it time for a speech or for silence
C majorC FF C majorC
Are you calling for peace or defiance
A minorAm G/BG/B F/AF/A
Is this darkening counsel or wisdom
A minorAm G+G C/GC/G
Are we all perpetrators or victims?
Final Chorus:
G/BG/B A minorAm F/AF/A C/EC/E
It’s a hard world for a second guess girl
G/BG/B A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC
With one hand and another
G/BG/B A minorAm FF C majorC
I try to take it in and it leaves me spinning
DmDm G+G C majorC
Trying to love my sister and brother
DmDm A minorAm F/AF/A FF C majorC G+G
It’s a hard hard world for a second guess girl
DmDm G+G C majorC
Trying to love my sister, love my brother