Chords
They Should Have Shut Down The Streets

Key: F

Introduction: F    C    C    G    

difficulty
very easy |||||
F                                                                    C  
They should have shut down all the streets
G                                      Em  
Presidents and kings should have been there
                                                F  
With not a single empty seat
Em                                      A                                      F#m                                                      Bm  
All the schools closed, and the roads we drove down all lined
G                                            A                                      F#m                                                    Bm  
Lined with people cap in hand and crying
G                                            A                                                                      F  
That went on for miles and miles and miles and miles
Bridge 1
F  C  G(x2)  
Verse: 2
F                                                                    C  
They should have shut down all the streets
G                                      Em  
All the papers plastered with tributes
                                                                  F  
We should have asked for privacy
Em                                      A                                                              F#m                         Bm  
Though we understand it that some want to share their pain
G                                            A                                         F#m      Bm  
We would ask to grieve this in our quiet way
G                                                    A                                                                    F  
And they should have asked again and again and again
Bridge 2
F  C  G(x2)  
Verse: 3
F                                                                    C  
They should have shut down all the streets
G                                         Em  
All the bouquets piled on the doorstep
                                                                  F  
And pages filled with crayon hearts
Em                                 A                                                                         F#m                         Bm  
That a second grade class had made in their school that day
G                                                 A                                    F#m                    Bm  
Because the teacher had to give in some small way
G                                                            A                                                                      F  
And there weren't that many ways left for her to say it
Outro
F  C  G(x4)  
They should have shut down all the streets
F  C  G(x4)  
F