In Any Tongue

Cm
Home and done, it's just begun

            Bb
His heart weighs more
             Ab
More than it ever did before
Cm
What has he done

God help my son
     Bb
Hey stay a while
          Ab
I'll stay up
    Cm
No sugar is enough

To bring sweetness to his cup
       Bb
I know sorrow
           Ab
tastes the same on any tongue
             Cm
Yeah yeah yeah

Cm F Cm

Fm                          Ab
How was I to feel it when a gun was 
in my hands
        C#             Ab       Gm
And I'd waited for so long
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Fm
How was I to see straight
       Ab
In the dust and blinding sun
       C#                   Ab    Bb
Just a pair of boots on the ground
Cm
On the screen the young men die

         Bb
Children cry
       Ab
In the rubble of their lives
Cm
What has he done

God help my son
Bb
Hey stay a while
            Ab
I'll stay up
Cm
The volume pumped right up

but not enough to drown it out
       Bb
I hear "Mama"
           Ab
Sounds the same in any tongue
        Cm Fm Cm
Oh yeah

Fm                          Ab
How am I to see you when my faith 
stands in the way
        C#             Ab     Gm
And the waiting 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

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