Lena Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Lai[D]n[Gm][Bm][G][Em][C][Em][C]
[Bbaug]a stands
on [Bm]the edge of the crater [D]and that p[Bm]ast
Heav[Bbaug]ier than [Bm]her faith[D], large[Bm]r tha[Bbaug]n her ra[D]ge[Dm]
[Gm][Gsus2][Dm][Gm][Dm]
[Gsus4][Gsus2][Dm][Gm][G][Dm]
[Gm]Elena has green eyes, she's born in
[F]Mexico
Con[Dm]ceived on the run, between
[F]Jaffa and the sun
And
Poland and
[Dm]Cyprus,
Thailand and
Cuba
On [G]boats like [Gm]the
Exodus, her [Dm]mother was called
[Gm]Luba[Gsus2][G][Dm]
[Gm][Gsus2][G][C][Dm]
She was [G]running for her life
in [Dm]a decade of fear
[F]When
[Gm]Lena was born, they ar[F]rived at the pier
Len[Bbaug]a stands on the edge of[Bm] the
[C]crater[D][G]
[Am][Bm][Bbaug][Bm]
[C]Emptier than her [Bm]faith
Emp[G]tier [Am]than [Dm]her faith
[Am]And [Dm]her l[Gm]aughter s[F]urv[Dm]ives
It's loud and it's bitter,
[F]it's fre[Gm]eing the blame
[G]Fiv[Dm]e times she changed her name
[G]Life's good for a while,
[C]but jus[Am]t for a w[Dm]hile
[F]Till the [G]needles get sharper
[C]and [Dm]thicker than nails
The [Gm]throat tight[G]ens up and
[C]the [Am]mu s[F]ic fails
They've [G]al ways been there
[C]They [Dm]won't [F]give her those [G]stories of
[Dm]barracks and trains and trucks
[F]And
[Bb]Lena [Bbaug]stands on the ed[Bm]ge of[G][Bm]
[C]the crater [D]of [C]that pas[D]t
[F#dim]Emptier than h[D]er f[G]aith and
[Am]larger than her [Bm]rage
Reaching [Bbaug]larger than a ra[Bm]y[G]
[Bm]Empt[D]ier than a phase[Bm]
[G]Hey, [Bm]couple heroes[D][Bm]
[F]Sing a song for
Lena
[G]Play [Bm]your [D]beautiful guitar
[F]Lighten up her spirit
[G]Maybe she can [D]hear it
[G]Maybe [F]she can hear it
[G]May[Gsus2]be
[G][D][Bm][G][F][Am][Em]
[D][Em][Dsus4][Em]
[Dsus4]
[Am][C][Em][G][D][Bm][Dm][F]
[G]In[Dm][F]
[G]Mexico, [Dm]the air is thin,[F] the smell[G] of sewage,
[F]voi[Dm]ces of working kids
[G]Everything's for [Dm]sale, like in
Madrid, [G]justice doesn't take place
[Dm]Money floats in channels as lo[F]ng[G]
as the earth doesn't shake
[Am]Plea[F]se don't, don't move[G]
It's school time [Dm]and the angel moves
[F]But at nig[G]ht time,
[Dm]the [Am]demons com[F]e
And
[Bbaug]Reno stands on the edge[Bm]
[G]Of [Bm]the crate[C]r of that past[D]
[F#]Emp ti[D]er t[G]han a phase
Lar[Am]ger than [Bm]a rage
And [Bbaug]larger than a ra[Bm]ge
Emp[C]tier than her [Bm]faith
[Bbaug]Lar ger than [G]her rage
Emptier than her faith