They Should Have Shut Down The Streets

F                          C
They should have shut down all the 
streets
G               Em
Presidents and kings should have 
been there
                  F
With not a single empty seat
Em               A           
All the schools closed, and the 
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roads we drove down all lined
G                 A               
Lined with people cap in hand and 
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crying
G                 A              
That went on for miles and miles 
             F
and miles and miles

[Bridge 1]

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[Verse 2]

F                          C
They should have shut down all the 
streets
G               Em
All the papers plastered with 
tributes
                         F
We should have asked for privacy
Em               A               
Though we understand it that some
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 want to share their pain
G                 A               
We would ask to grieve this in our
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 quiet way
G                    A           
And they should have asked again 
               F
and again and again

[Bridge 2]

F C C G (x2)

[Verse 3]

F                          C
They should have shut down all the 
streets
G                Em
All the bouquets piled on the 
doorstep
                         F
And pages filled with crayon hearts
Em             A                 
That a second grade class had 
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made in their school that day
G                   A             
Because the teacher had to give in
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 some small way
G                       A        
And there weren't that many ways 
                   F
left for her to say it