Chords for JOAN BAEZ & MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER ~ Stones In The Road ~.wmv

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When [F] we were young [Gm] we pledged allegiance [F] _
every [C] morning of our [Bb] lives.
[F] The classroom [Gm] rang with children's [F] voices under [Bb] teacher's watchful eyes.
We [F] learned [Eb] about the world [Bb] around us at our [C] desks and at dinner [Bb] time.
_ [F] Reminded [Eb] of the starving [Bb] children who cleaned our plates with guilty minds.
[Gm] And the [F] stones in the road [Bb] shone [F] like diamonds in the dust.
[Cm] And then a [Gm] voice called to us to make [F] our way _ back home. _
When I was ten [Gm] my father held [F] me _ on his [Cm] shoulders above the [Bb] crowd
[F] to see a train [Eb] draped in [F] mourning _ [Bb] pass slowly through our town.
[F] His widow kneeled [Gm] with all their [F] children at the [Cm] sacred burial [Bb] ground
and the [F] TV glowed [Eb] that long hot summer [F] _
with all the [Bb] cities burning [Gm] down.
_ _ The stones in [F] the road flew out from our bicycle [Cm] tires
were removed [Gm] from all those prizes [Bb] used to each [F] other all _ [Bb] along.
The [F] stones _ _ [Eb] _ in the [Bb]
[F] road.
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] Now we drink our [Eb] coffee all in love, [F]
climb that [Bb] ladder run by run.
[Eb] We are the daughters and sons [Gm] _
and here's the [F] line that's missing. _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] [F] The starving children [Gm] have been [Bb] replaced by souls out [Cm] on the [Bb] streets.
Give [F] a dollar [Gm] when we pass [F] and hope our eyes [Bb] don't meet.
_ _ We [F] pencil [Eb] in or we cancel [F] out, we crave [Cm] the corner sweet.
[Bb] We kiss [F] your ass, [Gm] we make you [F] hold and we don't [Bb] ever cease.
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Stones in the road _ fly out from beneath our [Cm] wheels.
Another [Gm]
day, another [Bb] deal before we get [F] back [Bb] _ home.
[Gm] _ _ [F] Stones in the road _ _ leave a mark on whence they came.
[Cm] A thousand [Gm]
points of light or shame baby [Bb] [F] I don't know.
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[Eb] _ _ _ [F] Stones _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bb] in _ [F] _ _
[Eb] the _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
road.
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