Tom: E
Introdução: C
Em C
All you great men of power, you who boast of your feats
Em C
Politicians and entrepreneurs
Em C
Can you safeguard your breath in the night while you sleep
Em C
Keep your heart beating steady and sure
D Am6
As you lie in your bed, does the thought haunt your head
Em A7
That you?re really, rather small
C B11 Em
If there?s one thing I know in this life: we are beggars all.
C
All you champions of science and rulers of men,
Em C
Can you summon the sun from its sleep
Em C
Does the earth seek your counsel on how fast to spin
Em C
Can you shut up the gates of the deep
D Am6
Don?t you know that all things hang, as if by a string,
Em A7
O?er the darkness, poised to fall?
C B11 Em
If there?s one thing I know in this life: we are beggars all.
Em C
All you big shots that swagger and stride with conceit,
Em C
Did you devise how your frame would be formed
Em C
If you?d be raised in a palace, or live out in the streets,
Em C
Did you choose the place or the hour you?d be born
D Am6
Tell me what can you claim? Not a thing, not your name
Em A7 C
Tell me if you can recall just one thing,
B11
That?s not a gift in this life
Am
Can you hear what?s been said
B11 Em A7
Can you see now that everything?s grace after all
C B11 Em
If there?s one thing I know in this life: we are beggars all.