Chords for Richie Havens - Lives in the Balance (LP version)
Tempo:
136.65 bpm
Chords used:
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Bb
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
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[Gm] I've been waiting for something to happen [Eb] For a week or [Gm] a month or a year
With the blood and ink of the headline And the [Bb] sound of the crowd in [Gm] my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember [Bb] When you think that you've [Gm] heard it before
How governments lie to their people [Eb] And [Bb] how nations are [Gm] driven to war
[Eb] There are shadows [Gm] on the faces [Eb] Of the men who [Gm] fanned the flame
To [Eb] those wars that have [Bb] fought in places [F] We can't even remember [D] their name
On the radio, talk shows and TV [Eb] You hear one thing [Gm] again and again
How the USA stands for freedom And [Bb] how we come to the aid of a friend
Well, [Gm] who are these ones we call our friend These governments killing their own
[D] [Gm] Or is it the ones who can't take anymore So [Bb] they pick up a brick [D] or a gun or a stone
[Gm] There are lives in the balance There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons [A] And [Eb] there is blood on the wire
[D] There is blood on the wire [D] There [Eb] is blood [C] on the wire
[D] There is [Eb] There are shadows [Dm] on the faces
Of [Eb] the men who [Gm] fanned the gun To [Eb] those wars that have [Bb] fought in places
[F] Where their business [D] interests run [Gm] I want to know who these men in the shadows are
I [Eb] want to hear somebody [Gm] asking them why They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
[Eb] But they're never around [D] to fight or to die [Dm] There are lives in the balance
[Gm] There are people under [Dm] fire There are children at the cannons
[Bb] And there is blood on the wire [Eb] [D] There is blood on the wire
[Bb] There is blood on the wire [Eb] [D] There is
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[Gm] I've been waiting for something to happen [Eb] For a week or [Gm] a month or a year
With the blood and ink of the headline And the [Bb] sound of the crowd in [Gm] my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember [Bb] When you think that you've [Gm] heard it before
How governments lie to their people [Eb] And [Bb] how nations are [Gm] driven to war
[Eb] There are shadows [Gm] on the faces [Eb] Of the men who [Gm] fanned the flame
To [Eb] those wars that have [Bb] fought in places [F] We can't even remember [D] their name
On the radio, talk shows and TV [Eb] You hear one thing [Gm] again and again
How the USA stands for freedom And [Bb] how we come to the aid of a friend
Well, [Gm] who are these ones we call our friend These governments killing their own
[D] [Gm] Or is it the ones who can't take anymore So [Bb] they pick up a brick [D] or a gun or a stone
[Gm] There are lives in the balance There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons [A] And [Eb] there is blood on the wire
[D] There is blood on the wire [D] There [Eb] is blood [C] on the wire
[D] There is [Eb] There are shadows [Dm] on the faces
Of [Eb] the men who [Gm] fanned the gun To [Eb] those wars that have [Bb] fought in places
[F] Where their business [D] interests run [Gm] I want to know who these men in the shadows are
I [Eb] want to hear somebody [Gm] asking them why They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
[Eb] But they're never around [D] to fight or to die [Dm] There are lives in the balance
[Gm] There are people under [Dm] fire There are children at the cannons
[Bb] And there is blood on the wire [Eb] [D] There is blood on the wire
[Bb] There is blood on the wire [Eb] [D] There is
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_ With the blood and ink of the headline And the [Bb] sound of the crowd in [Gm] my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember _ [Bb] When you think that you've [Gm] heard it before
_ _ How governments lie to their people [Eb] And [Bb] how nations are [Gm] driven to war
_ [Eb] There are shadows [Gm] on the faces [Eb] Of the men who [Gm] fanned the flame
_ To [Eb] those wars that have [Bb] fought in places _ [F] We can't even remember [D] their name
_ On the radio, talk shows and TV [Eb] You hear one thing [Gm] again and again
_ How the USA stands for freedom And [Bb] how we come to the aid of a friend
_ Well, [Gm] who are these ones we call our friend These governments killing their own
_ [D] _ [Gm] Or is it the ones who can't take anymore So [Bb] they pick up a brick [D] or a gun or a stone
[Gm] There are lives in the balance There are people under fire
_ There are children at the cannons _ [A] And [Eb] there is blood on the wire
_ _ _ [D] There is blood on the wire [D] _ _ There [Eb] is blood [C] on the wire
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_ _ _ [Eb] There are shadows [Dm] on the faces
Of [Eb] the men who [Gm] fanned the gun To [Eb] those wars that have [Bb] fought in places
_ [F] Where their business [D] interests run _ [Gm] I want to know who these men in the shadows are
I [Eb] want to hear somebody [Gm] asking them why They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
[Eb] But they're never around [D] to fight or to die [Dm] There are lives in the balance
_ [Gm] There are people under [Dm] fire _ There are children at the cannons
[Bb] And there is blood on the wire [Eb] _ _ [D] There is blood on the wire
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_ _ _ _ [Gm] I've been waiting for something to happen _ [Eb] For a week or [Gm] a month or a year
_ With the blood and ink of the headline And the [Bb] sound of the crowd in [Gm] my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember _ [Bb] When you think that you've [Gm] heard it before
_ _ How governments lie to their people [Eb] And [Bb] how nations are [Gm] driven to war
_ [Eb] There are shadows [Gm] on the faces [Eb] Of the men who [Gm] fanned the flame
_ To [Eb] those wars that have [Bb] fought in places _ [F] We can't even remember [D] their name
_ On the radio, talk shows and TV [Eb] You hear one thing [Gm] again and again
_ How the USA stands for freedom And [Bb] how we come to the aid of a friend
_ Well, [Gm] who are these ones we call our friend These governments killing their own
_ [D] _ [Gm] Or is it the ones who can't take anymore So [Bb] they pick up a brick [D] or a gun or a stone
[Gm] There are lives in the balance There are people under fire
_ There are children at the cannons _ [A] And [Eb] there is blood on the wire
_ _ _ [D] There is blood on the wire [D] _ _ There [Eb] is blood [C] on the wire
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_ _ _ [Eb] There are shadows [Dm] on the faces
Of [Eb] the men who [Gm] fanned the gun To [Eb] those wars that have [Bb] fought in places
_ [F] Where their business [D] interests run _ [Gm] I want to know who these men in the shadows are
I [Eb] want to hear somebody [Gm] asking them why They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
[Eb] But they're never around [D] to fight or to die [Dm] There are lives in the balance
_ [Gm] There are people under [Dm] fire _ There are children at the cannons
[Bb] And there is blood on the wire [Eb] _ _ [D] There is blood on the wire
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