Key: F
Introduction: F F4 F F4 F
F C
In troubled times
D# F9 F
It's hard to get straight answers
F C
Between the lines
D# F
That border wrong or right
F C
The homeland cries
D# F9 F
It struggles with confusion
C#5
But this feelin' still remains
D#5 C5
Like shelter from the rain
F C
We live of faith
D# F9 F
In the hands of those who guide us
F C
And tear the page
D# F
On the fear we left behind
F C
We set the pace
D# F9 F
For every born survivor
C#5
Don't turn the other way
D#5 C5
When I need to hear you say
F C Bb F
Allies with our backs against the wall
C Bb Dm
I will answer when you call
D#
And take on the odds
Bb Gm
For what we believe is true
F C Bb F
Allies in a world of too much choice
C Bb Dm
I only need your voice
D#
To tell me you care
Bb Gm G5 F F4 F
I'll be anywhere for you, allies
F C
We search our hearts
D# F9 F
To justify the reason
F C
And draw the line
D# F
To meet somewhere halfway
F C
If faith is blind
D# F9 F
Through darkness it will guide us
C#5
'Cause the spirit still remains
D#5 C
With the keepers of the flame
F C Bb F
Allies with our backs against the wall
C Bb Dm
I will answer when you call
D#
And take on the odds
Bb Gm
For what we believe is true
F C Bb F
Allies in a world of too much choice
C Bb Dm
I only need your voice
D#
To tell me you care
Bb Gm G5 F F4 F
I'll be anywhere for you, allies
F C Bb F
Allies with our backs against the wall
C Bb Dm
I will answer when you call
D#
And take on the odds
Bb Gm
For what we believe is true
F C Bb F
Allies in a world of too much choice
C Bb Dm
I only need your voice
D#
To tell me you care
Bb Gm G5 F F4 F F4 F
I'll be anywhere for you, allies