Key: B
Introduction:
B
Somebody's gonna wave a flag
G#m
Somebody's going to attack
C#m
Somebody will tell you to pick a side
E
Tell you their version of wrong or right
B
Somebody's gonna let you in
G#m
Judged on the color of your skin
C#m
Slam a door in the face of your friend
E
Simply because you don't look like him
G#m
And then you gotta find a way that you're wakin'
Everybody's walkin'
C#m
You gotta find the words to say when you're talkin'
E
Everybody's talkin'
B D#m G#m
So I built the wars into a song
C#m E B
I'm hopin' someone's singing along
D#m G#m
And even if some notes are wrong
C#m E B
I'm hopin' someone's singing along
B D#m
'cause just one voice is not enough
G#m C#m
I need to hear from everyone
B D#m G#m
And even when I'm dead and gone
C#m E B
I'm hopin' someone's singing along
Somebody's gonna build a wall
G#m
Then smash it with a cannon ball
C#m
Someone who somehow has got a gun
E
Will tell you who you can't and you can love
B
Some people keeping all the cash
G#m
They're gonna get away with that
C#m
Just 'cause some people don't think like me
E B
Does that really make them the enemy?
G#m
And then you gotta find a way that you're wakin'
Everybody's walkin'
C#m
You gotta find the words to say when you're talkin'
E
Everybody's talkin'
B D#m G#m
So I built the wars into a song
C#m E B
I'm hopin' someone's singing along
D#m G#m
And even if some notes are wrong
C#m E B
I'm hopin' someone's singing along
B D#m
'cause just one voice is not enough
G#m C#m
I need to hear from everyone
B D#m G#m
And even when I'm dead and gone
C#m E B
I'm hopin' someone's singing along
Make a noise, I can hear you now
D#m
Won't you raise your voice just a little louder
G#m
Make a noise, I can hear you now
E
Won't you raise your voice just a little louder
B D#m G#m
So I built the wars into a song
C#m E B
I'm hopin' someone's singing along
D#m
And even if some notes are wrong
G#m C#mE B
I'm hopin' someone's singing along
B D#m
'cause just one voice is not enough
G#m C#m
I need to hear from everyone
B D#m G#m
And even when I'm dead and gone
C#m E B
I'm hopin' someone's singing along