[Intro]
|Am C |F C | 2x
[Verse]
Am C F C
Word just came from upstate Joe
Am C F C
Lower the flag again
Am C F C
This time it's Dayton, southwest Ohio
Am C F C
Last night El Paso, Texas counted 22 dead
[Instrumental]
|Am C |F C | 2x
[Verse]
Am C F C
Soon the brass will offer up their thoughts and prayers
Am C F C
Soon there'll be protests in the street
Am C
And the media from out of town
F C
Will chew it up and spit it out
[Pre-Chorus]
Am C
Then move on to the next one
F C
Before we even grieve
Am C
Yeah, then move on to the next one
G
Before we even grieve
[Chorus]
F C Am C
Some say we start to die on the day that we're born
F C
But no one wants to live life on their knees
F C Am C
Maybe we start to die on the day that we're born
Am G C
But we deserve to live life in between
[Instrumental]
|Am C |F C | 2x
[Verse]
Am C F C
A husband kissed the cross that bears his Margie's name
Am C F C
And promises he'll see her once again
Am C
Won't see her children grow
F C
Won't see their love grow old
[Pre-Chorus]
Am C
Last night their dream became a nightmare
F C
And their nightmare has no end
Am C
Last night their dream became a nightmare
G
And their nightmare has no end
[Chorus]
F C Am C
Some say we start to die on the day that we're born
F C
But no one wants to live life on their knees
F C Am C
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Maybe we start to die on the day that we're born
Am G C
But we deserve to live life in between
[Bridge]
F C
These days it's hard to sleep
Am C
When I lay my head down
F C
What if it was your loved one
G
Laying on the ground
F C
I'm left to think about
Am C
What if, what now?
F C
Dear God I wanna pray
F C
But tonight I have my doubts
F C G
When I think about those families now
[Instrumental]
|Am G/B |C F | 2x
[Bridge 2]
Am G/B
If there's something we can talk about, let's talk about it
C F
If there's something we can figure out, let's figure it out
Am G/B
If there's something we can talk about, let's talk about it
C F
If there's something we can figure out, let's figure it out
Am G/B
If there's something we can talk about, let's talk about it (El Paso, Texas, Dayton, Ohio)
C F
If there's something we can figure out, let's figure it out (Las Vegas, Nevada, Sebring, Florida)
Am G/B
If there's something we can talk about, let's talk about it (Orlando, Florida)
C F
If there's something we can figure out, let's figure it out (Penn State University)
Am G/B
If there's something we can talk about, let's talk about it (Aurora, Illinois, Virginia Beach, Virginia)
C F
If there's something we can figure out, let's figure it out (Gilroy, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Am G/B
If there's something we can talk about, let's talk about it (Marjory Stoneman Douglas High)
C F
If there's something we can figure out, let's figure it out (Columbine, Columbine)
Am G/B
If there's something we can talk about, let's talk about it (Sandy Hook Elementary)
C F
If there's something we can figure out, let's figure it out
[Chorus]
F C Am C
Some say we start to die on the day that we're born
F C
But no one wants to live life on their knees
F C Am C
Maybe we start to die on the day that we're born
Am G Cadd9
You believe what you want to believe
Am G C
But we deserve to live life in between
[Instrumental]
|Am C |F C | 2x
[Outro]
Am C F C
Word just came from upstate Joe
Am C Fadd9
Lower the flag again