12-26 Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]One of her babies is rot[F]ting in the sun
And the [C]other one was found
[F]drowned in the ocean
Her mom and [G]dad are in their van
[F]crushed and bloated
And her [C]husband was thrown
from his [F]fishing boat
So [G]please give me a break
from [F]all your complaining
About [C]who was mean to you
and how your [F]stepdad is a pain
I [G]care, I swear, but I [F]just can't take it,
not to[C]day
All I can think about are
[F]tsunamis and earthquakes

[Chorus 1]
[G]Everything she's [F]ever known
is [C]gone, gone, [F]gone
[G]Everyone she's [F]ever loved
is [C]gone, gone, [F]gone
The [G]only reason [F]she's alive is
[C]She grabbed a [F]palm frond
and [G]held [F]on[C][F]
And held [G]on[F][C][F]

[Verse 2]
[G]You can call me crazy
but it [F]seems to me we could
Have [C]sent more than we spend
in one day [F]killing Iraqis
To help the [G]hundreds of thousands
Who are [F]injured and diseased
And [C]hungry and homeless
and with[F]out families
I'm ap[G]palled by our government's
in[F]itial reaction
And the [C]fact that they asked
for a [F]verbal retraction
From the [G]folks who called them stingy
They're just [F]covering their assets
Well, they [C]thank their greedy god
for wiping [F]out the lower class and

[Chorus 2]
[G]Everything she's [F]ever known
is [C]gone, gone, [F]gone
[G]Everyone she's [F]ever loved
is [C]gone, gone, [F]gone
The [G]only reason [F]she's alive is
[C]She grabbed a [F]palm frond
and [G]held [F]on[C][F]
And held [G]on[F][C][F]

[Verse 3]
[G]One of her babies is rot[F]ting in the sun
And the [C]other one was found
[F]drowned in the ocean
Her mom and [G]dad are in their van
they are [F]crushed and bloated
And her [C]husband was thrown
from his [F]fishing boat
We'd have [G]12-26
tat[F]tooed across our foreheads
If [C]something this atrocious
happened [F]on our coast instead
Well, a [G]tragedy's a tragedy
no [F]matter where it happens
Close your [C]eyes really tight now
and [F]try to imagine

[Bridge 1]
That [G]everything you've [F]ever known is [C]gone
And [G]everyone you've [F]ever loved [C]is gone
And the [G]only reason [F]you're alive
is you were [C]lucky
And you were strong enough
to [G]hold [F]on[C]
While you watched your family [G]die[F][C]
While you watched your family [G]die[F][C]
While you watched your family [G]die[F][C]
While you watched your family [G]die[F][C]

[Chorus 3]
[G]Everything she's [F]ever known
is [C]gone, gone, [F]gone
[G]Everyone she's [F]ever loved
is [C]gone, gone, [F]gone
The [G]only reason [F]she's alive is
[C]She grabbed a [F]palm frond
and [G]held [F]on[C][F]
And held [G]on[F][C][F]
[G]