Make Them Hear You chords by Randy Newman

Chords with lyrics

Verse:

  Eb MajorEb        G minorGm
Go out and tell our story.

    AbAb  Bb majorBb   C minorCm
Let it echo far and wide.

      Fm7Fm7    Bb7Bb7
Make them hear you,

     Bb/CBb/C C minorCm Bb/Ab AbAb
Make them hear you.


  Eb MajorEb       G minorGm
How justice was our battle

    AbAb   Bb majorBb   C minorCm
And how justice was denied.

     Fm7Fm7    Bb7Bb7
Make them hear you,

     Ebadd9Ebadd9   Bb/DBb/D
Make them hear you.

Chorus:

  C minorCm        G minorGm
And say to those who blame us

     AbAb   Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb   Bb/DBb/D
For the way we chose to fight

   C minorCm         G minorGm
That sometimes there are battles

     AbAb     Bb majorBb    G+G
That are more than black or white...

Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb        G minorGm
And I could not put down my sword

   AbAb   Bb majorBb   C minorCm
When justice was my right.

     Fm7Fm7     Bb majorBb  B/D#B/D#
Make them hear you.

Verse:

  E MajorE        AbmAbm
Go out and tell our story

     A augmentedA     BB    C# minorC#m
To your daughters and your sons.

     F#m7F#m7    BB
Make them hear you,

     B/C# C# minorC#m B/A A augmentedA
Make them hear you.


   E MajorE        AbmAbm
And tell them, in our struggle,

     A augmentedA   BB  C# minorC#m
We were not the only ones.

     F#m7F#m7    B7B7
Make them hear you,

     Eadd9Eadd9   B/D#B/D#
Make them hear you.


Chorus:

   C# minorC#m      AbmAbm
Your sword can be a sermon

    A augmentedA   BB   E MajorE   B/D#B/D#
Or the power of the pen.

   C# minorC#m      AbmAbm
Teach every child to raise his voice

   A augmentedA    BB     AbAb   BB
And then, my brothers, then

   E MajorE     AbmAbm
Will justice be demanded

    A augmentedA    BB    C# minorC#m
By ten million righteous men.

     F#m7F#m7    A/BA/B
Make them hear you.

     C# minorC#m    AbmAbm
When they hear you,

     F#7F#7    Am(add6)
I'll be near you
B7sus4B7sus4  E MajorE B/D#B/D# C# minorC#m E/B A augmentedA BB E MajorE
A. . . gain.