F#m                    E        A
If they shoot me down to shut me down
 D                 A                   
Who will take my place?
   F#m                   E         A            
If they bring an army into this town
 D                 E     
Who will take my place?
   F#m                              E    
If they rule this land and silence me
   Bm                      E    
When I'm laid out with injury
    F#m                    E  A          
When my words won't matter anymore
  D                 A    
Who will take my place?
    F#m             E        A                           
Revolution you are not my hope
  D                 A    
Who will take my place?
  F#m                    E        A                                        
There are flowers painted on these stones
  D                 E    
Who will take my place?
  F#m                           E      
When the silence of oppression dies
  Bm                           E   
Overheard beyond the battle cries
  F#m                   E     A            
Are the words of final compromise
  D                  A   
Who will take my place?
  F#m                    E         A     
When the dogs of war are on the land
  D                 A    
Who will take my place?
 F#m                     E          A     
When you forfeit life to take a stand
  D                  E   
Who will take my place?
  F#m                                 E         
When the dreamers fear the simplest thoughts
  Bm                                  E        
When the bloodshed takes all that you've got
  F#m                       E         A       
When this world's an empty creaking floor
  D                 A    
Who will take my place?
 F#m                               E     
If they rule this land and silence me
  Bm                        E   
When I'm laid out with injury
  F#m                      E A          
When my words won't matter anymore
  D                A     
Who will take my place?
  D                 A    
Who will take my place?