Weeping Chords by Bright Blue

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a man who lived in [D] fear.
It was [G] huge, it [C] was angry, it [Em] was going [D] near.
[G] Behind his house,
a secret [D] place, [G] was the shadow of [C] the demon he [Em] could never face.
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[G] He built a wall [C] of [G] steel and
[C] and men with [D] [G] guns to keep it in.
Then standing back, he made it plain that the nightmare [C] would
never [Em] ever [G] rise again.
But the fear and [C] the fire and [G] the guns remained. _
[Cm] It [G] doesn't matter [D] now,
it's [G] over [C] anyhow.
He tells [G] the world that it's sleeping. _
[C] But as [G] the night came round,
I heard it slowly [C] sound.
It [G] wasn't roaring, it was weeping. _
[C] It [G] wasn't roaring, it was weeping. _
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then one day, the neighbors came.
They were curious [C] to know [Em] about this small [D] country.
They [G] stood around outside the wall, but of course, [C] there was nothing [Em] to be heard [G] at [D] all.
[G] My friends, he said, [C] we've [G] reached our goal.
The threat is under firm control.
As long as peace and order [D] reign, [G] I'll be damned if [C] I can't see a [G] reason to explain
why the fear and the fire and the guns remain.
[C] It [G] doesn't matter now, it's over [C] anyhow.
He [G] tells the world that it's sleeping. _
[C] But [G] as the night came round, I heard it slowly [C] sound.
It [G] wasn't roaring, it was _ weeping.
[C] It [G] wasn't roaring, it was weeping. _
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[C] It [G] doesn't matter now, it's over _ [C] anyhow.
[G] He tells the world that it's sleeping. _
[C] _ _ [G] But as the night came round, I heard it slowly [C] sound.
[G] It wasn't roaring, it was weeping. _
_ [C] [G] It wasn't roaring, it was weeping.
[C] _ [G] It wasn't roaring, it [D] was [G] weeping.
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