In Any Tongue

Cm
Home and done it's just begun
           D#                      
His heart weighs more, more than it
 Fm
 ever did before
Cm
What has he done? God help my son
      D#                     Fm
Hey, stay a while, I'll stay up
Cm
No sugar is enough to bring 
sweetness to his cup
        D#                Fm      
I know sorrow tastes the same on 
              Cm
any tongue

Fm
How was I to feel it
        Ab
When a gun was in my hands
Continúa después del anuncio
         C#            Ab      Gm
And I'd waited for so long
Fm
How was I to see straight
        Ab
In the dust and blinding sun
        C#                   Ab   
Just a pair of boots on the ground
     D#


Cm
On the screen the young men die
              D#         Fm
The children cry in the rubble of 
their lives
Cm
What has he done? God help my son
      D#                     Fm
Hey, stay a while, I'll stay up
     Cm
The volume pumped right up is not 
enough to drown it out
         D#               Fm      
I hear "Mama" sounds the same in 
              Cm
any tongue

Fm
How am I to see you
         Ab
When my faith stands in the way
         C#             Ab       Gm
And the wailing is long done
Fm
How am I to know you
        Ab
With a joystick in my hand
          C#              Ab      
When the call to arms has come
     D#