Listen To The Voices chords by Labi Siffre

Intro:

C G Dm F




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

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




Verse :
E     Am
Night chills
   G      C
In Plenty town
E         Am
Cardboard hotels
     F            G
They sleep on the ground
E    Am
Hard choices
    G     C
How to respond
E      Am
Red or rosé
         F          G
With the Duck à l'orange


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

|Am F|
|Am F|
|Am F|
|Am F|

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

|Am Em F|
|G  Em F|
|Am Em F G|

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

|Am Em F|
|G  Em F|
|Am Em F G|

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