Key: D
Introduction:
Bm D A
Bm D
Bang Bang go the coffin nails
A Em
Like a breath exhaled then gone forever
Bm D
It seems like just yesterday
A
How did I miss the red flags
Bm D
Raised? Think back to the days we laughed
A Em
We braved these bitter storms together
Bm D
Brought to his knees he cried,
A G
But on his feet he died
A G
And what God drove us apa--rt?
A
What God Could?
Bm D A
Make it stop, let this end
Em
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
Bm D A
It’s come this, a weightless step
Em
On the way down singing
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
G D A
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D
Bang bang from the closet walls
A Em
The schoolhouse halls, the shotgun’s loaded
Bm D
Push me and I’ll push back
A Bm
I’m done asking, I demand
D
From a nation under God
A Em
I feel its love like a cattle prod
Bm D
I’m born free but still they hate
A G
I’m born me, no, I can’t change
Em Bm A
It’s always darkest just before the dawn
G A
So stay awake with me
Bm
LETS PROVE THEM WRONG!
D A
Make it stop, let this end
Em
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
Bm D A
It’s come this, a weightless step
Em
On the way down singing
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
G D A
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm A
The cold river washed him away
F# G
But how could we forget
Bm A
The gatherings hold candles
G
But not their tongues
Bm A
And too much blood has flown from the wrists
F# G Bm
Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss
D A G
Who will rise to stop the blood?
A G
We’re counting for, insisting on
A Bm D A
A different beat, yeah, a brand new song-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A
A brand new song-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A
Make it stop, make this end
Em Bm
This life chose me, I'm not lost in sin.
D A
And proud I stand of who I am
Em
I plan to go on living!
Bm D A
Make it stop, make this end
Em
All these years pushed to the ledge.
Bm D A
And proud I stand of who I am
Em
I plan to go on living!