Chords for Couldn't We Stand

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_ Every day, [Eb] we hear [E] the people talking, [Gb] they say they're [Bbm] taking a stand.
_ [Gb] They're looking for a cause they can believe in, for [Bbm] the welfare of [B] man.
[Ebm] But all I see [Db] are soldiers in a circle, [B] marching no place fast.
[Ebm] Isn't it time [Db] the children of God [B] take a stand?
For what will last?
Well, it makes me want to ask,
[Ab] Couldn't we stand [Fm] to kneel a little [E] longer?
_ Time is never [Ab] spinning, babe.
In light [Fm] of all we stand [Bbm] today, _
_ _ [Ab] Finding the [Fm] faith that only makes us [E] stronger.
_ _ [Eb] Touching what we cannot [Ab] see,
[Fm] Reaching to heaven [Bbm] on knees.
Oh, [Ab] couldn't we stand [Eb] [Ab] to _ [Db] kneel?
_ _ _ [Gb] I know men [E] so blinded by [Gb] ambition,
Their joy has been [Bbm] away.
_ [Gb] But there are no [Ebm] worse than people who are [Gb] living
Like there's only [B] today.
[Ebm] And I can't help but [Db] shake my head and wonder,
[B] What's it come into?
_ [Ebm] Lord, give me strength [Db] to lift them in prayer,
[B] Cause it's all [Gb] that I can do,
[B] Just to give them back to [Ab] you.
Couldn't we stand to [Fm] kneel a little [E] longer? _
[Eb] The time is never spinning, babe.
In [Fm] light of all we stand today.
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