Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 1st
- Difficulty: Beginner
Key: 
A augmentedA
🎸 Verse 1:
A augmentedA 
E MajorE
From common grief to Bristol up in flames
F# minorF#m 
D MajorD
We came here begging justice and instead we got the blame
A augmentedA E MajorE
For peace disturbed, out on the streets tonight
F# minorF#m D MajorD
And watching on the BBC you know something's not right
A augmentedA E MajorE
When mourners come with candles and with flowers
F# minorF#m D MajorD
Are wrestled three on one, and pinned down by the state's full powers
A augmentedA E MajorE
This is their world. And these have been the rules
F# minorF#m D MajorD
But we have come to break it down with bloody fingernails for tools
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
This threat of violence, this tightrope wire
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
We can no longer bear it, we are all too fucking tired
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
No minutes' silence, we will sing higher
D MajorD E MajorE
Don't tell us to light a candle when we have come to start a fire
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
And if I spend my life on the losing side
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
You can lay me down knowing that I tried
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
There's a better world and on a quiet day
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
When I hold my breath I can hear her say
A augmentedA
She's on her way
She's on her way
🎸 Verse 2:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Safe at home, you watch it on TV
F# minorF#m D MajorD
And never think that one day you could be the enemy
A augmentedA E MajorE
That you might be one day be under attack
F# minorF#m D MajorD
From all that should protect you, hoping someone has your back
A augmentedA E MajorE
The history books are screaming from the shelves
F# minorF#m D MajorD
That no government who outlaws speaking to defend ourselves
A augmentedA E MajorE
Has good things planned. A augmentedA storm ahead I see
F# minorF#m D MajorD
And not one of us will bear it without solidarity
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Oh I see trouble all my days
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
This ailing failing world sends signs of fire and flood and plague
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
But from the rubble, from the razed
D MajorD E MajorE
The mightiest cathedral from these ashes we will raise
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
And if I spend my life on the losing side
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
You can lay me down knowing that I tried
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
There's a better world and on a quiet day
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
When I hold my breath I can hear her say
A augmentedA
Take heart my sisters
E MajorE
And this fire will never die
A augmentedA
And take heart my comrades
E MajorE
And no one left behind
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
And if I spend my life on the losing side
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
You can lay me down knowing that I tried
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
There's a better world and on a quiet day
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
When I hold my breath I can hear her say
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
That if I spend my life on the losing side (Take heart my sisters)
A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD
You can lay me down knowing that I tried (This fire will never die)
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD
There's a better world and on a quiet day (And take heart my comrades)
A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD
When I hold my breath I can hear her say (No one left behind)
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
That if I spend my life on the losing side
A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD
You can lay me down knowing that I tried
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
There's a better world and on a quiet day
A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD
When I hold my breath I can hear her say
A augmentedA
She's on her way
