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Capo 3
G/F# 200233
Intro:
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
Verse 1:
G G/F# Bm G G/F# Bm
Am I foolish to ask, laying motionless and black,
G G/F# Bm A A/F# G
Father, if you have a reason for lack of better words
G G/F# G G/F# A
For the pain and suf-fer-ing
G G/F# G G/F# A
I shake my fist and scream
Chorus:
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
Where were you, in the night, when the roof came down?
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
Where were you, holding light, when the fire went out?
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
Where were you, El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Shaddai?
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
Where were you, where were you, where were you, we cry
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Verse 2:
G G/F# Bm G G/F# Bm
When the gunman in the town, twenty babies in the ground
G G/F# Bm A
Were you listening, did you hear the same sounds?
A/F# G
Were you around?
G G/F# G G/F# A
For the pain and suf-fer-ing
G G/F# G G/F# A
I gnash my teeth and scream
[Chorus]
Instrumental:
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus (x4)
Bridge:
A Bm G D
I've served you whole, and I've loved you so
A Bm G D
I've placed my hope, in your streets of gold
A Bm G D
My anguish holds what my harvest soothes [?]
A Bm G D
My questions flow from my bitter soul
Chorus 2:
Bm G D
Where were you, in the night, when the roof came down?
Bm G D
Where were you, holding light, when the fire went out?
Bm G D
Where were you, El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Shaddai?
G
You answer me, you answer,
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
Where were you, little child, when the world was made?
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
Who made you, reconciled, when the blood was paid?
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
It was I, El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Shaddai
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
It was I, El Shaddai, El Shaddai, you cry
Outro:
Bm G D Dsus D Dsus
Bm G D
