Chords for Arkive - One

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ strong family, close-knit communities.
Too many of us now tend to worship
[G#] self-indulgence and [B] consumption.
_ Human [C#m] identity is no longer defined
by what one does, [G#m] but by what one [A] owns.
_ _ _ We've discovered [C#m] that owning things
and consuming [G#m] things does not [D#] satisfy
our [A] longings for meaning.
_ [E] We've learned that piling up material goods
[G#m] cannot fill the eugenics [E] of lives
that have no [A] confidence or [D#] purpose. _
There is a growing [G#m] disrespect for food
and [C#m] loose meat and other institutions.
_ [D#] This is not a message of happiness or [G#m] reassurance,
_ _ [C#m] but it is the truth, _ _ _ and it is a warning.
We've been [B] denied _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ our [C#m] right _ to say
and _ _ _ _ _ possess any [E] rights.
_ That's why we're not celebrating the fact
that _ we will soon have to [B] find a way to [C#m] protect
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[C#m] what we have _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ created. _ _ _ _ _
_ We're not [C#] expecting that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] things
will _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] renew, reach the _ West,
but watch it through [C#] _ change. _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ We're not the [E] same.
We're _ _ _ _ not [C#] _
the _ [B] _ _ same.
[E] _
We're [A] not the same.
_ _ [C#]
We're not the [B] same.
We're not the [A]
same.
We're not the [E] same.
_ _ We're not the same. _ _ _ _
We're not the same.
Fire is not treated as we love.
No, _ we're not the _ same. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We are not _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the same.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _