Verse 1:
Am
I've wept for those who suffer long
But how I weep for those who've gone
Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong
Dsus4
But keep on killing
Verse 2:
Am
It's in the soul to feel such things
But weak to watch without speaking
Oh what mercy sadness brings
Dsus4 Am
If God be willing (Riff 1)
Chorus:
Am/B C
There is a train that's heading straight
C/B Am Am/B C
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
C/B C
And on the way, child and man
C/B Am Am/B D
And woman wait, watch and wait
Am
For redemption day
Verse 3:
Am
The fire rages in the streets
And swallows everything it meets
It's just an image often seen
Dsus4
On television
Verse 4:
Am
Come leaders, come you men of great
Let us hear you pontificate
Your many virtues laid to waste
Dsus4 Riff 1
And we aren't listening
Verse 5: (Different)
Am Dsus4 C Am
What do you have for us today
Am Dsus4 C Am
Throw us a bone but saw the plate
Am Dsus4 C Am
Oh why we waited til so late
Am Dsus4
Was there no oil to excavate
No riches in trade for the fate
Of every person who died in hate
C Am
Throw us a bone, you men of great
Chorus:
Am/B C
There is a train that's heading straight
C/B Am Am/B C
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
C/B C
And on the way, child and man
C/B Am C Dsus4
And woman wait, watch and wait
Am Riff 1
For redemption day
Verse 6:
Am C Dsus4 Am
It's buried in the countryside
Am C Dsus4
Exploding in the shells of night
Am
It's everywhere a baby cries
Dsus4 Am Dsus4 Am
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Ends on Am