Listen To The Voices chords by Labi Siffre

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

C majorC G+G DmDm FF



Verse :
E MajorE  A minorAm
Old man
   G+G   C majorC
Your race is run
E MajorE     A minorAm
You think it's over
 FF   G+G
It's only begun
E MajorE    A minorAm
Child is born
  G+G   C majorC
Who has to face
E MajorE      A minorAm    FF
The world you're leaving
     G+G
A augmentedA dangerous place

Chorus:
C majorC
Listen To The Voices
G+G
Crying to be free
DmDm              FF
Can we be the promise that we promised to be
C majorC
Love and understanding
G+G
Are better than a war
DmDm                 FF
People just laughing 'cause they've heard it before



Verse :
E MajorE   A minorAm
Night chills
  G+G   C majorC
In Plenty town
E MajorE     A minorAm
Cardboard hotels
   FF      G+G
They sleep on the ground
E MajorE  A minorAm
Hard choices
  G+G   C majorC
How to respond
E MajorE   A minorAm
Red or rosé
     FF     G+G
With the Duck à l'orange

Chorus:
C majorC
Listen To The Voices
G+G
So easy to ignore
DmDm               FF
Choruses of old folk scared to open the door
C majorC
Living in the shadows
  G+G
And dying in the cold
DmDm             FF
Inner city jungle ain't no place to grow old

|A minorAm FF|
|A minorAm FF|
|A minorAm FF|
|A minorAm FF|

E MajorE  A minorAm
Helpless
   G+G   C majorC
We'll never be
E MajorE A minorAm   FF
Though justice
   G+G
Is so hard to see
E MajorE  A minorAm
Kindness, yes
   G+G    C majorC
That same old song
E MajorE     A minorAm    FF
But don't stop singing
            G+G
There's so much strength in kindness

|A minorAm E minorEm FF|
|G+G E minorEm FF|
|A minorAm E minorEm FF G+G|

Chorus:
C majorC
Listen To The Voices - Crying to be free
G+G
Crying to be free - Can we be the promise
DmDm                FF
Can we be the promise - That we promised to be
C majorC
Love and understanding - Better than a war
G+G
Are better than a war - People just laughing
DmDm                  FF
People just laughing 'cause they've heard it before
C majorC
Listen To The Voices
G+G
Crying to be free
DmDm               FF
Can we be the promise that we promised to be

|A minorAm E minorEm FF|
|G+G E minorEm FF|
|A minorAm E minorEm FF G+G|

Chorus:
C majorC
Listen To The Voices - Listen To The Voices
G+G
Crying to be free - Crying to be free
DmDm
Can we be the promise - Can we be the promise
FF
That we promised to be
C majorC
Love and understanding - Love and understanding
G+G
Are better than a war - Better than a war
DmDm                  FF
People just laughing 'cause they've heard it before