Chords for Richie Havens - Lives in the Balance (Howard Stern Show)

Tempo:
165.05 bpm
Chords used:

C#

D

F#m

A

E

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Richie Havens - Lives in the Balance (Howard Stern Show) chords
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[F#m] [C#] [D] In the sound of the [C#] crowd [F#m] in my ear, [C#] you [F#m] might ask what it takes to remember, [C#]
[D] when you think
that [C#] you've heard [F#m] it before, how governments lie to their people, [C#] [D] and nations are [C#] driven [F#m] to war.
[C#]
[D] There are shadows [C#] [F#m] on the faces [C#] [D] of the men [C#] who [F#m] fanned the flames.
[C#] [D] To those wars [C#] in [A] foreign places, [C#]
[E] we can't even remember [C#] their names.
[F#m] On the radio, talk shows and TV, [C#] [D] you hear one [C#] thing [F#m] again and again, how the USA stands
for freedom, [C#] [D] and how we come to the [C#] aid of [F#m] a friend.
But who are these ones we call our [C#] friends?
[D] These governments [C#] [F#m] killing their own, or is it the ones who can't take [C#] anymore, [D] so they
pick up a brick, [C#] or a gun, or a stone.
[F#m] There are lives in the balance, people under fire, children at the cannons, [C#]
[D] and there
[C#]
[D] is
blood on the wire.
[C#]
Shadows
[D] [C#] on [F#m] the faces [D] of the men [C#] who send the [F#m] guns, [C#]
[D] to those wars in [C#] [A] foreign places, [C#] [E] where
their business [C#] interests run.
[F#m] I want to know who these men in the shadows are, [C#] I [D] want to hear somebody [C#] [F#m] asking them why,
[C#] they [F#m] can be counted on to tell us who our enemies [C#] are, [D] but they're never around, [C#] fight or die.
[F#m] There are lives in the balance, people under fire, children at the cannons, [C#]
[D] and there is
blood on the wire.
[C#] There is blood on the wire.
[D] There is blood on the wire.
[C#] There is blood on the wire.
[D]
[C#]
[F#m]
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C#
12341114
D
1321
F#m
123111112
A
1231
E
2311
C#
12341114
D
1321
F#m
123111112
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[F#m] _ _ [C#] [D] In the sound of the [C#] crowd [F#m] in my ear, _ [C#] you [F#m] might ask what it takes to remember, _ _ [C#]
[D] when you think
that [C#] you've heard [F#m] it before, _ _ how _ governments lie to their people, _ [C#] _ [D] and nations are [C#] driven [F#m] to war.
_ _ [C#]
[D] There are shadows [C#] _ [F#m] on the faces _ [C#] _ [D] of the men [C#] who [F#m] fanned the flames.
_ [C#] [D] To those wars [C#] in [A] foreign places, _ _ [C#]
[E] we can't even remember [C#] their names.
_ [F#m] On the radio, talk shows and TV, _ [C#] [D] you hear one [C#] thing [F#m] again and _ again, how the USA stands
for freedom, [C#] [D] and how we come to the [C#] aid of [F#m] a friend.
_ _ _ But who are these ones we call our [C#] friends?
[D] These governments [C#] [F#m] killing their own, _ _ or is it the ones who can't take [C#] anymore, [D] so they
pick up a brick, [C#] or a gun, or a stone.
[F#m] There are lives in the balance, _ _ _ _ _ people under fire, _ _ _ _ _ children at the cannons, _ _ [C#] _
[D] and there _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] is
blood on the wire. _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Shadows
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C#] on [F#m] the faces _ _ [D] of the men [C#] who send the [F#m] guns, _ _ [C#]
[D] to those wars in [C#] [A] foreign places, _ _ [C#] [E] where
their business [C#] interests run.
_ _ [F#m] I want to know who these men in the shadows are, [C#] I [D] want to hear somebody [C#] [F#m] asking them why,
_ [C#] they [F#m] can be counted on to tell us who our enemies [C#] are, [D] but they're never around, _ [C#] fight or die.
[F#m] There are lives in the balance, _ _ _ _ people under fire, _ _ _ _ _ children at the cannons, _ _ [C#]
[D] and there is
blood on the wire. _ _
_ _ [C#] There is blood on the wire.
_ _ _ [D] There is blood on the wire. _ _ _ _ _
[C#] There is blood on the wire. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _

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