Tether

E Bm A E E Bm A E


[Verse 1]

            E                  Bm
Whatever it was, is wasn't manumission
             A                  E
To spill the blood, to pull the weed
                 E                     Bm
You can bury the past, but it's a mausoleum
                    A                   E
With the ghost of a fist that won't let us be


[Chorus]

E                 Bm
Can we bring it together,
                     A                        E
Can we call from the mountain to the valley below?
E                Bm
Can we make it better,
                 A                      E
Do we tether the hawk, do we tether the dove?


[Verse 2]

                E                          Bm
I kicked up the dirt, and I said to my neighbor
                   A                         E
"We keep making it worse, we keep getting it wrong"
                 E                            Bm
He tucked in his shirt, he stood a little bit straighter,
                    A                              E
"We need a few less words dear, we need a few more guns."


[Chorus]

E                       Bm
But will it bring us together,
                     A                        E
Can we call from the mountain to the valley below?
E                Bm
Can we make it better,
                 A                      E
Do we tether the hawk, do we tether the dove?


[Guitar Solo]

E Bm A E   x2


[Bridge]

N.C.     C#m
Enduring love
       A           E         D                 A
Why so much and so strong, beyond this short existence?
            C#m
So don't be still
                  E
You say there's a long line behind you
         D                A
And it's hardly worth the mentioning
      C#m
But I will
             E
Cause we may flicker and fade,
       D              A
But we never will be through with this


[Verse 3]

           E                      Bm
I see this world battered but not broken
                 A                               E
There's a fallow heart, it's waiting on a sowing hand
                      E                        Bm
You can grow what you want, one day it's gonna rise up
                  A                     E
So plant what you need to make a better stand


[Chorus]

E                     Bm
And we'll bring it together,
                        A                        E
And we'll call from the mountain to the valley below.
E                 Bm
And we'll make it better,
              A                      E
Let go of the hawk, we let go of the dove.


[Chorus]

          E                      Bm                                                A
I sing to you,                           all you true believers
              (Can we bring it together)                       (each call from the mountain)
                                          E
With the strength to see this                     and not be still.
                         (to the valley below.)
                E                    Bm                                                     A
I'm telling you now,                         find the hope that feeds you,
                    (Will it get any better?)                             (do we tether the 
hawk?
                                         E
Don't let 'em bleed you                        of your will.
                       (do we tether the dove?)