Matthew Shepard Tribute- Melissa Etheridge Scarecrow Chords

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_ _ Showers of your crimson blood _ seep into a nation, calling up a flood of narrow minds
who legislate _ thinly veiled intolerance, bigotry and hate.
But they tortured you and burned you, they beat you and they tied you,
they left you cold and breathing, for love they crucified you.
I can't forget, ha, as I try, this silhouette _ against the [F] sky.
I'm scared for _ _ crying, _ waiting to die, [G] wondering why.
[C] _ Scared for trying, _ _ angels will hold, carry your soul _ _ away.
This was our brother, _ this was our son, _ this shepherd young and mild,
this unassuming one, we all gasp, this _ can't happen here.
_ We're all much too civilized, where can these monsters hide?
But they are knocking on our front door, they're rocking in our cradles,
they're preaching in our churches and eating at our tables.
I can't forget, ha, as I try, this silhouette _ against the [F] sky.
[C] I'm scared for _ _ crying, _ waiting to die, [G] wondering why.
[C] _ Scared for trying, _ _ angels will hold, carry [G] your soul away. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] I search my soul, my heart and in [G] my_
To try and find _ _ forgiveness.
[Am] This is someone's child, with pain _ unreconciled,
[G] filled up with father's hate, mother's neglect.
I [F] can forgive, _ but I will [G] not _ forgive. _ _
_ _ [C] _ Scared for _ _ crying, _ waiting to die, [G] wondering why.
_ Scared for _ trying, _ rising above, all in the name [C] of _ _ _ _ _ _ love.
Rising above, _ all in the name of love. _ _ _ _
_ _ Rising above, _ all in [G] the name [C] of love. _ _ _ _
_ _ Rising above, _ all in the name of love. _ _ _ _ _
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