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Pain Lies On The Riverside

 ]: Am Dm :[

AmI have never taken Dmlife

 Yet AmI have often paid the Dmprice

 And Amyou, you are a victim of this Dmage

 And the Amguilt that hangs around your neck

 Has got meDm locked up in a cage

 You've got to Flearn to Glive until no Amend

 But first you must Flearn to Gswim all over Eagain

 Because Ampain lies on the Dmriverside

 And Ampain will never Dmsay goodbye

AmPain lies on the Dmriverside

 So put your Ehead in the waterF G

 Put your Esoul in the water F G

 And join me for a swim toAmnight

I have forever always tried

To stay clean and constantly baptized

I am aware now that the river's banks are dry

And to wait for a flood

Is to wait for life

I've got to learn...

Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)

EmHeard a lot of talk about the ocean D

EmHeard a lot of talk about the sea D

EmHeard a lot of talk about a lot of thingsD

EmNever meant that much to me D

EmHeard a lot of talk about my spirit D

EmHeard a lot of talk about my soulD

EmBut I decided that anxiety and pain

 Were bDetter Emfriends

 So I let it Dgo

 Did you let it Emgo? (G3xD)

 Let's get it Aback

 Let's get it Cback toDgether Em

Heard a lot of talk about this Jesus

A man of love, a man of strength

But what a man was two thousand years ago

Means nothing at all to me today

He could have been telling me about my higher self

But he only lives inside my prayer

So what he was may have been beautiful

But the pain is right now and right here

Let it go...

Beauty Of Gray

 ]: Bm F♯ :[

BmIf I told you he was your F♯brother

BmWe could reminisce then you would F♯go about your day

BmIf I said you ought to F♯give him some of your water

 You'd Bmshake your canteen and walk aF♯way

 This Gperception that divides you from Dhim A

 Is a Glie -- for some Dreason you Anever asked Gwhy

 This is Dnot a black and Awhite Gworld

 You can't Dafford to beAlieve in your Cside

 This is Bmnot a black and white Emworld

 To be Bmalive I say that the colors must F♯swirl

 And I Bmbelieve that maybe toEmday

 We will Dall get to appreciAate the beauty of gray Bm F♯

If I told you that she was your mother

We could analyze the situation and be gone

If I said you ought to give her some of your water

Your eyes would light up like the dawn

This perception that divides you from her...

We will all get to appreciate...

 The beauty of Bmgray Em

 The beauty of Dgray A

(7x) last time

Look into your eyes

No daylight

New day now

This is not...

Brothers Unaware

 ]: Dm C :[

DmSo many Cpeople

DmI know only a Cfew

DmYes I may say that I love Cthis man and that man

DmBut what keeps me from Cloving you?

DmDate of birth, geograCphy

DmColor of skin, ideCology

DmYou got ten fingers, two Clegs, one nose

 Like Dmme, just like Cme

 And it's as A♯simple as that you Asee

 And if I Dmdon't know who to love I Clove them all

 And if I Dmdon't know who to trust I Ctrust them all

 And if I Dmdon't know who to kill I Ckill myself inAstead A♯ C

>From the mouth of a baby

Will come the world saving words

That will save us all

And from the lungs of a child

Will come the everlasting breath of God

Increasing peace and honesty

And not carrying on despite of me

Don't you know, this ain't about no race, no creed

No race, no creed

And it's as simple as that you see

And if I don't know who to love I love them all

And if I don't know who to trust I trust them all

And if I don't know who to kill no suicide

I'm already dead

Tired Of "Me"

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Intro

4x) Under 1st verse (4x)

You say "hold on to the reigns"

I say "let them go tonight"

My brain waves

Confused between what is and ain't

She cries "groundless and free"

A♯mTired of the D♯mwater

A♯mTired of the D♯mwine

A♯mTired of the D♯mfuture

A♯mTired of timeD♯m

A♯mTired of the D♯mmadness

A♯mTired of the D♯msteel

A♯mTired of the D♯mviolence

A♯mTired of mD♯me

BmUsed sEmteel

BmUsed steel am EmI

 What was Bmpliable in Emlove

 Is now Bmhard and crystalEmized

 The Bmintellect is Emfine

 For Bmcounting money and reEmcording times

 That Bmshe crEmied "Bmgroundless and F♯free"

Tired of the water...

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Bridge

4x)

 I'm so Bmtired of F♯time

 I'm so F♯tired of the Bmwine (2x)

GHope is a letter that never arrives

 Delivered by the F♯postman of my fear Bm

Mirror Song

I know that I should think about giving

And think about helping out and think about

Think about living

But I can't seem to rescue myself (2x)

 What about my C♯mbank account?

 And my Aholy Bdesert Eshield

 That keeps me G♯dry under the arAms

BFlags and mental jewelry's all I Eknow

 And they keep me G♯happy and warm inF♯side

So I said unto this man who are you

And where do you come from

And he proceeded to tell me many things

But I said nothing at all

For the flower in the corner by the room

In the window and the sun

Said it all

But what about...

 At least they Asaid they would

 Said they G♯could

 Mama said they Awould

 Do me G♯good A

I know that I should...

Waterboy

C♯mWhat do you say to the Achild

 Whose C♯mgod is in the TV A

 And C♯mwhat do you say to the Aman

 Who C♯mblames the world on ATV

C♯mThey don't even know Ahow to C♯msing my Asong

 But C♯mthey won't even Atry it with C♯mme A

Who is standing over playing like the teacher

Harnessing the learned

Who try but can't leave her

I want to beg the liars to lay down

Their sirens

That play like the angels

To my deep desire

Free my son

Let him walk right through the rain

Free my son

Make him waterboy

Free my son

There he stands down on the shore

Free my son

What do you say to the man

Who treats her like a mother

And what do you say to the man

Who treats him like a father

Come and see my heart

Come inside and learn

Come and see my soul, it's like yours

I say it's just like yours

Who is making over

Idolizing princes

Banishing the dreamers

With barbed wire fences

And telling all the children who run to her feet

That they have no vision and love's all diseased

Free my son

Take My Anthem

War in me

War overseas

There ain't no difference between

AmBlood in Cme Am C

AmBlood oveCrseaAms C

 There ain't no Amdifference beCtweenAm C Am C Am C

 The Dmchills in your spine are oh so Amsweet

 People Dmhonor you so high

 You've got to Edefend the stage at your feet-- No!

AmTakCe, AmtakCe, Amtake Cmy anthem Dmtoday

 Take it Amaway

Hands on me

Hands overseas

There ain't no difference between

Heart in me

Heart overseas

There ain't no difference between

You Are The World

If you've ever known love

If you've ever known peace

If you've ever known joy

Make sure that you are on time

repeat last time

If you've ever known war

If you've ever known pain

If you've ever said no

Make sure that you are on time

You are on time

You are on time

We are on time

 For F♯you Eare Athe F♯world (4x)

If you've ever known love

If you've ever known peace

If you've ever known joy

Make sure that you are on time

If you've ever known war

If you've ever known pain

If you've ever said no

Make sure that you are on time

AFighting, mating, warring

 You are all this F♯now

ABe aware, not scared

Look at me now

Silence

 I say F♯you are the world...

Good Pain

He said, he said, he said

There was nothing to fear boy

He said, he said, he said

Worthless are your tears boy

Just realize your senses

And realize your earth

Just realize your essence first

AmI'll never Gbe the Amsame again

AmI want to Gwalk in the Amsun

AmI am aGlive and Amwell again

FNo more bitterweet

 No more Ggood pain

No more

 So Ammany of us stanCd in the mDiddle C

 Looking Amback to the worstC

 Looking Dforward to the fallC

 Making Amweapons of peacCe for the dDefense C

 Of the Ambloodstains on our Cpeaceful sideDwalks C

You say the buildings are too tall

They're going to fry your brother

Well I say you'd better walk away

And find your mother

 No more Fbitterweet

No more good pain

If I can't sing this song

And tell you all about it

Then I'll just pack it up right now and walk away

Don't even doubt it

So when our sherry glass is full

And the day is way too young

You'd better sip today before it's gone

No more bitterweet

No more good pain

 No more Amgood pain

 No more Ggood pain

 No more Dgood pain good pain

Mother Earth Is a Vicious Crowd

]: F#m E/F#m :[

Pollution, Cain, and misery

EOceans of golden mystery

]: F#m E/F#m :[

Armies boisterous and armies loud

EPortraits of a vicious crowd

DTalk to me, Atalk to me Enow

DHey man you're Aall that I Ehave

Me, Myself, Myself and I

Were born to work and born to die

I have chosen my anthems of these I am proud

Portraits of a divided crowd

Talk to me now...

Could you leave it behind...

 Leave it all beDhinAd..E.

10,000 Years (Peace is Now)

 The Aworld is burning Cdown

 Can't you Dsmell the Asmoke in the airC D

AWar, disease and faCmine this Ddemon she is AeverywhereC D

Poets and preachers and politicians

They've all had their say

And we got 10,000 years devoted

To nothing but tomorrow and yesterday

 If all of the Fignorance in the world

 Passed a second Aago

CWhat Dwould you Asay?

CWho would Dyou obAey?

CI am here to say that

 Peace is Anow C D

Mr. President I hereby pardon you for your crimes

For they are just as much mine

Selfishness and seperation have led me to believe

That the world is not my problem

The world is not my problem

I am the world

And you are the world