Speak Up chords by Satsang

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C G

Verse:
G
Now when they came for the mailman
G
I didn't say a word
                   Gm
Cause I ain't never delivered no mail
           G
And if he's gone that won't hurt
C
Till about three days went by
C

And I still ain't got no mail
Gm                               G
Then the missing mailman, well he became my problem as well

Interlude:
F  G

G
When they came for my neighbor's water

I didn't say a thing

You're on your own, I got my own

And your sink is your sink
C
Well then the next day wouldn't you know

Well my sink didn't work no more
G
Shoulda stood up when my neighbor stood up

Then we'd both still have some flow


Chorus:
D
Well the moral to the story is this
       C
Is that power in numbers exists
      G
So we gotta speak up

I said we gotta speak up

Interlude:
G C G D C G

Verse:
G
And when they came for the migrant workers
Gm               G
You couldn't hear my call
Gm
Well as a matter of fact I sat in the back
G
And I didn't make a peep at all
C
Well then the whole town was overrun
     Am
With jobs that needed done
       G
Well I shoulda helped them like they helped me
                         F
Cause now nobody's lunch much fun
G                      G
Man I shoulda spoke up

Gm
Now when the police was shootin' them brothers
G
Stayed hid in my house

Well not a single phrase, comment, a praise

Not a word came out my mouth
C
Well if we sit in complacence

Then the world's overrun by hatred
Gm                        G
Well it's about damn time that we be reminded

That every single life is sacred


Chorus:
D
Well the moral to the story is this
C
Is that power in numbers exists
G
So we gotta speak up

Ending:
G C G C G D C D C