Key: G
Introduction:
D A D G
So I'll write these words now for you my friend here after all this time
D A D G
we may never sing this one it's just here as a light to help you
B A G D
When the power goes out like the moments you might shake
B A
yourself awake from those horrible dreams
G D
the only ones we never talk about
B A
The glare of madness in grown-ups eyes
G D
the rage that takes the whole room by surprise
B A G
this vicious trap the male cultural disguise
D A
is the one we fight against
B A D
Gº
G
the one we fight against
B A D
Gº
B A D G
So I'll write these words now for you my friend here after all this time
B A D G
we may never sing this one its just here as a light to help you
B A G D
The sickness the silence as you hide in your room
B A G D
wishing so hard they'd forget you're alive but you're alive
B A G
so the sight of broken things won't mean a pound of flesh
D B
and the time you speak up won't be repaid by fists
A G D A
praying not to be missed the night you ran away
B A D
Gº
G
the night you ran away
B A D
Gº
B A D G
So I'll write these words now for you my friend here after all this time
B A D G
we may never sing this one its just here as a light to help you
B-BREAK- D
This violence passes for an apology
B-BREAK- D
the trickle down in our society
B D A
This is for the peace you never had
B D A
This is for the peace we never had
B D A
This is for the peace we never had
G(single
How do we guard the door against your Dad?
B A D
We go, We go, We go
G
the night you ran away
B A D
We go, We go, We go
B A D G
So I'll write these words now for you my friend here after all this time
B A D G
we may never sing this one its just here as a light to help you