Intro: C
verse 1
C
Don't give up
Am/G F
I know you can see
C Am/G F
All the world and the mess that we're making
C
Can't give up
Am/G F
And hope God will intercede
Fmaj7/D
Come on back
Imagine that
Fmaj7
We could get it together
C Am/G
Stand up
F
For what we need to be
C Am/G F
cause crying won't save or feed a hungry child
C
Can't lay down and
Am/G F
Wait for some miracle to change things
Fmaj7/D Fmaj7
So, lift up your eyes, lift up your heart
Singing
C Am/G F
Mercy, will we overcome this?
C Am/G F
One by one, could we turn it around?
C Am/G F
Maybe carry on just a little bit longer?
Fmaj7/D C Am/G
And I'll try to give you what you need
verse 2
F C Am/G
Me and you and you and you
F
Just want to be free yeah yeah
C Am/G
But you see
F Fmaj7/D
All the world is just as we have made it
Fmaj7
And until we've got a new world
I got to say that
C Am/G F
Love is not a whisper or a weakness
C Am/G
No, love is strong
F
Now we got to get it together, yeah
C Am/G F
Got to get, got to get, got to get
Fmaj7/D Fmaj7
Until there is no reason
To fight
C Am/G F
Mercy, will we overcome this?
C Am/G F
One by one, could we turn it around?
C Am/G F
Maybe carry on just a little bit longer?
Fmaj7/D C Am/G F
And I'll try to give you what you need
Bridge
C Am/G F
Fmaj7/D Fmaj7
lift up your heart, lift up your mind
Singing
C Am/G F
Mercy, will we overcome this?
C Am/G F
Have we, gone too far to turn it around?
C Am/G F
do we ask too much to be a little bit stronger?
Fmaj7/D Fmaj7
I try to give you, I try to give you, Oh
C Am/G F
Mercy, what will become of us?
C Am/G F
One by one, could we turn it around?
C Am/G F
Maybe carry on just a little bit longer?
Fmaj7/D Fmaj7
I'll try to give you, I wanna give you what you
C Am/G F
need
Fmaj7/D Fmaj7
So,lift up your heart, lift up your mind