Tuning: Celtic (D A D G A D) Key: D Difficulty: Intermediate ** The whole song is played in D-Modal tuning (DADGAD) with blues picking ** Intro: Dm C Dm G Dm Verse: Dm C Dm Lord it‘s wrong to prey on the needy Dm G Dm How I hope that I am never on Dm C Dm That loses touch with the souls that surround me Dm I got my feet in the dirt Dm G Dm I get my heat from the sun Dm C Dm And I know there‘s a heartless among us Dm G Dm How it pains me to hear of the despair Dm C Dm Men in high places gonna talk of peace through violence Dm Fuelling enemies with weapons Dm G Dm As they strip each other bare
Chorus: G Dm And I hope that peace will find us G A Even if I'm the only one Dm C Dm And I try, I try, to look towards the sky Dm G Dm But I fear that today, all my hope it is gone Instrumental: Dm C Dm G Dm Verse: Dm C Dm Tell me Jesus where can I find the answers Dm G Dm Up on the hillsides or in the valleys below? Dm C Dm None of our leaders take heed of the warnings Dm G Dm Together we gonna gather and rise up as one Chorus: G Dm Life is more sacred than the dollar G A Fighting for freedom we‘ll pay a cost Dm C Dm Oh and I try, I try to look towards the sky Dm G Dm But I fear that today all my hope it is gone Outro: Dm C Dm G Dm