Sheryl Crow - Redemption Day

^AmI've wept for those who suffer long But how I weep for those who've gone Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong But keep on killing^Dsus4

^AmIt's in the soul to feel such things But weak to watch without speaking Oh what mercy sadness brings If God be willing^Dsus4, ^Ami Riff 1)

^Ami/HThere is a tr^Cain that's heading straight ^C/HTo heaven's gate, ^Amto he^Ami/Haven's ga^Cte ^C/HAnd on the way,^C child and man ^C/HAnd woman wait, w^Amatch ^Ami/Hand ^Dwait For redemption day^Am

^AmThe fire rages in the streets And swallows everything it meets It's just an image often seen On television^Dsus4

^AmCome leaders, come you men of great Let us hear you pontificate Your many virtues laid to waste Riff 1 And we aren't listening^Dsus4

^AmWhat do you ha^Dsus4ve for us^C today ^{Am Am}Throw us a b^Dsus4one but ^Csaw the plate AmiC ^AmOh why we wai^Dsus4ted til^C so late^{Am Am}Was there no oil to excavate^Dsus4 No riches in trade for the fate Of every person who died in ate Throw us a bone, you men of great^C, ^Ami

^Ami/HThere is a ^Ctrain that's heading straight ^C/HTo heaven's gate, ^Am to ^Ami/Hheaven's ga^Cte ^C/HAnd on the way,^Cchild and man ^C/HAnd woman wait, w^Amatch^C and wait^Dsus4 Riff 1 For redemption day^Am

^AmIt's bur^Cied in the countryside^{Dsus4 Am Am}Exploding ^Cin the shells of night^{Dsus4 Am}It's everywhere a baby cries ^Dsus4Freedom, fr^Ameedom, fre^Dsus4edom, freed^Amom ^Am