Chords for Labi Siffre - Listen to the voices [lyrics]

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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
Old man, [F] your race [C] is run.
[E] You think [Am] it's over, [F] it's only [G] begun.
_ [E]
A child [Am] is born [C] who has to face
[E] the world [Am] you're leaving, [F] a dangerous [G] _ place.
_ _ Listen to the voices _ crying to be free.
[Dm] _ Can we be the promise [F] that we promised to be?
_ Love and understanding [G] are better than a war.
[Dm] _ People just [D] laughing cause they've heard it [F]
before.
Night [Am] chills [C] in Plenty Town.
[E] _ [Am] Cardboard hotels, [C] they sleep on [G] the ground.
_ [Am] Hard choices, [F] how to [C]
respond?
[E] Red [Am] or rosy [C] with a dark color [G] on.
_ _ _ [C] _ Listen to the voices, [G]
so easy to ignore.
[Dm] _ Horses of old folks [F] scared to open the door.
_ [C] _ Living in the shadows, [G] _
dying in the cold.
[Dm] _ In a city jungle [F] ain't no place to go.
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[F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ [Am] Helpless, [F] we'll never [C] be.
[E] Though [Am] justice [C] is so hard [G] to see.
[E] _ [Am] Kindness, yes, [F] that same old [C] song.
[E] Don't stop [Am] singing, [F]
there's so much strength in [A] kindness.
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C]
Listen to the voices crying [G] to be free.
Can we [Dm] be the _ promise that [F] we promised to be?
_ _ [C]
Love and understanding are better [G] than a war.
People just [Dm] _
laughing cause [F] they've heard it before.
_ [C]
Listen to the voices [G] crying to be free.
[Dm]
Can we be the promise that [C] we promised to be? _ _
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _