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[Intro 1]
[Bb][D][G]

[Verse 1]
Well it's [G]far and away,
not my [D]place to answer
Any [C]query of life [Em]at all, but I be[G]lieve
Those who can choose
and choose [D]to stand in silence
Do a great disser[C]vice to
those [Em]who cannot s[G]peak
[Em]

[Verse 2]
[B]And [C]you may well decide that
the [G]right is [D]clearly wrong
But [Em]don't just blindly
back the other [C]side
We'll be just as [G]fucked with
all of [D]our money [Em]gone
Not just for you, you de[C]cide
[G]Millions more [D]are dying for you to [Am]try
Looking [Em]in from the ou[D]tside

[Verse 3]
I've been [G]wracking my brain,
I wish [D]someone could answer
What duty [C]do I owe [Em]this
life? Am I to [G]be lieve
That in just 20 odd years of [D]existence
One could be [C]burdened by [Em]the crimes
[G]of racism and industry?

[Verse 4]
Still I had [G]to laugh at [D]the anger in
My eyes to realise [C]liberty and equal[Em]ity
Often find them[G]selves fighting
on different sides
That's not our plight,
that [D]won't stop the waves and plagues
But it don't [C]mean we can't
be [Em]timeless in our [G]time
[Em]The guilt that I feel [C]as a white kid
is an [G]Adam & Eve of [D]kind
[Em]See we're all born into [C]sin
The sin of [G]the father's
passed [D]on to the child
To [Em]him and back through [C]time
Tried to [G]see more evil [D]in the world
than they'd leave be[Am]hind
[Em]At least in their eyes[D]

[Interlude 1]
All right
[G][D][C][Em][G]
[D][C][Em][G]

[Verse 5]
So could it [G]be that it's [D]our lot in life
To clean [C]up the mess we [Em]left
when we [G]came so far, so fast?
It seems like it's our mess,
'cause we're the [D]first to realise it
It's not [C]glamorous and
[Em]we must do it in [G]spite of
Those [B]terrible [C]tribesmen who never
Perceived their [G]own actions as [D]crimes
Yet they're [Em]both demanding [C]justice
Yeah, well [G]surely man,
that can[D]'t be [Em]right
There will come [C]a time
When we [G]fi nally look for[D]ward
instead of always be[Am]hind
[Em]I hope I live [D]to see t[G]hat time