The Listening Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Strike the ground
[G]There's not a message
in the sound
[F]Hold out your hands
[Dm]When your God's not [C]listening.
[Am][G][Dm][F][C]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Best believe,
best believe
[E]You'll be [F]system[Am]atically
Placed to die to[F]morrow
[E]Wit[Am]h a t[E]aste, so [Am]sweet
It could drain the sorrow,
[E]the sor[Am] row.

[Verse 3]
We're living through your eyes
[G]But inside [C]we start [G]to [F]die
We count our [Dm]losses.
[C]Strike

[Verse 4]
[Am]the ground
[G]There's not a message in the sound
[Dm]Hold out your hands
[F]When your God's not [C]listening
[Am]The common ground of a
[G]modern day es[Dm]cape
Is calling [F]for [C]the listening.

[Verse 5]
[Am]You can't [Em]pull your [E]way
Through the same situations
[Am]Time and time again
You place your pawns in straight lines
Alone to buy time
Will [F]we find the end,
[E]find the [Am]end?

[Verse 6]
[Am]We're living through your eyes
[G]But inside we start to die
[F]We count our [C]losses.[F]

[Verse 7]
[Am]Making the wrong moves
[G]Hoping you'll [C]make [G]them [F]right
We raise our [Dm]voices in [C]time.

[Verse 8]
[Am]Strike the ground
[G]There's not a message in the sound
[Dm]Hold out your hands
[F]When your God's not [C]listening
[Am]The common ground of a
[G]modern day es[F]cape
Is [G]calling [F]for the listening.
[G][Am]

[Verse 9]
[Am]Where will you turn
When your God has abandoned you?
Where will you turn

[Verse 10]
When he leaves you to die?
[Am]Where will you turn
When your God has abandoned you?
Where will you turn

[Verse 11]
When he leaves you to die?
[Am]
We pray for [F]God
Strip the structure
[Am]Scratch it out[F]

[Verse 12]
We praise empty skies.
[Am]Strike the ground
[G]There's not a message in the sou[Dm]nd
Hold out your hands
[F]When your God's not [C]listening
[Am]The common ground of a
[G]modern day es[Dm]cape
Is calling [F]for the [C]listening.

[Verse 13]
[Am]We're living through your eyes
[G]But inside we start to die.

[Outro 1]
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