Key: A
Introduction:
Am D G Am
Don't place your trust in foolish promises sworn
Am D Em Am
Nor cryptic message scrawled upon every wall
C G F E
Street corner justice beware
Am F G Am G D2 E
The spirit will find you always be fair
Am D G Am
The shallow verse once read means nothing at all
Am D Em Am
Nor fearful gestures made for instant recall
C G F E
In lies your heart will not share
Am F G Am
The spirit inside used without care
Em C D Em
The spirit that guides you follow it through
Em C D Em
To the spirit inside you always be true
G D C
You know you'll despair
Em C D Em
If the spirit inside is used without care
Am D G Am
The battlefield of glory pales into rust
Am D Em Am
The river flows much thicker fed by each thrust
C G F E
No beast alive does compare
Am F G Am
The spirit beside you everywhere
Am D G Am
Let not your head be turned by tainted reward
Am D Em Am
And dreams of fortune won forever to hoard
C G F E
Your conscience could not repair
Am F G Am
The spirit inside used without care
G Am C G
'Cause it will be your shelter, help you how to decide
G Am C D
And it will be your helper should your loyalties divide
Em C D Em
The spirit that guides you follow it through
Em C D Em
To the spirit inside you always be true
G D C
You know you'll despair
Em C D Em
If the spirit inside is used without care
Am D G Am
The ash of pages swept before the cruel wind
Am D Em Am
The loss of choices praises no-one will sing
C G F E
No clues to how you will fare
Am F G Am
The spirit implores you tread where you dare
Am D G Am
The dust lies thick on casket rich or quite poor
Am D Em Am
Distinction disappears the worm both deplore
C G F E
The candle burns out once more
Am F G Am
But the spirit inside you won't be ignored
Em C D Em
The spirit that guides you follow it through
Em C D Em
To the spirit inside you always be true
G D C
You know you'll despair
Em C D Em
If the spirit inside is used without care