The Good Fight
Timothy B. Schmit
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Em D │ Em D │ Em G │ Em D 4x [Chorus 1]Em D Think before you talkEm D It matters what we doEm G Gotta keep your headEm D To get the message throughEm D Lead from the leftEm D And do what’s rightEm G It’s getting harder everydayEm D To put up the good fight [Verse 1]Em Every night I hope and prayD Bm Tomorrow brings us a brighter dayA B But I know nothing will change ifG Em Em D I don’t get up and try [Verse 2]Em A It’s time for me to do my part,Bm G But it’s gotta to come straight from my heartA Bm I wanna to take the high roadG Em Em D right into this great divide [Verse 3]Em No weapons, no abuseBm Em love is eternal truthA G And the life we live is nothingD Em Em Bm less than a miracle [Verse 4]Em But it’s a shame, it’s a messBm Em such a lack of tendernessA We need to rid ourselves ofD Em Em everything that is criminal [Bridge 1]A Turn away from bigotryG Em And hold your head up highA Don’t lose your dignityBm Em ‘Cuz if you do no one will here you cry, So: [Chorus 1]A D Think before you talkEm It matters what we doA Gotta keep your headEm G To get the message throughEm G Lead from the LeftContinues after the adD And do what’s rightEm It’s getting harder everydayD To put up the good fightEm Good fight! [Chorus 2]Em D Em Hey hey hey hey hey hey heyEm G Em Em Hey hey hey heyEm D Em Hey hey hey hey hey hey heyEm G Em D Hey hey hey hey [Verse 5]Em Feel the heat now from the sunBm G It’s getting hotter for everyoneA And the wind and rain seemBm G A Em D So confused by our vanity [Verse 6]Em If there’s a lesson to be learnedBm It’s how to keep from being burnedA Bm Pay attention to the greater goodEm Em D and your sanity [Bridge 2]A Take time to spread the wordG Em Tell everyone you knowA Make sure that you are heardBm We need to plant that seed thenA watch it grow, So [Chorus 1]Em D Think before you talkEm D It matters what we doA D Gotta keep your headEm D To get the message throughEm D Lead from the leftA D And do what’s rightEm G It’s getting harder everydayEm D To put up the good fightEm Good fight! [Chorus 2]Em D Em Hey hey hey hey hey hey heyEm G Em Em Hey hey hey heyEm D Em Hey hey hey hey hey hey heyEm G Em D Hey hey hey hey [Solo 1]Em │ Em │ A │ AEm │ Em │ A │ AEm │ Em │ A │ AEm │ Em │ A │ Bm [Solo 2] Em for 16 bars [Verse 7]Em Bm See the fool up on the hillD Bm Trying hard to break our willA Bm G But the truth will persevere ifEm Em we refuse to bend [Verse 8]Em A We can’t stop, we cannot waitBm `Cuz we deserve a better fateA D If we stand as one this tatteredEm Em D world could be on the mend [Bridge 3]A Our children will awakeG Em In the world we pass alongA And no matter what their faithBm Em We can’t let hatred to fil our song, So [Chorus 1]Em D Think before you talkEm D It matters what we doA D Gotta keep your headEm D To get the message throughEm D Lead from the leftA D And do what’s rightEm G It’s getting harder everydayEm D To put up the good fightEm Good fight! [Chorus 2] 4xEm D Hey hey hey hey hey hey heyEm A Em Hey hey hey heyEm D Hey hey hey hey hey hey heyEm G D Hey hey hey heyEm Good Fight!