Tonart: B major•
Verse 1
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Bsus4
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He fell to his knees and
he cried out for mercy
Heart-felt confessionals confessionals
to an angry mob
But vengeance was theirs as they
bellowed for justice
F#sus4
"Death to the man who has sinned
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Verse 2
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I joined in the chant feeling
so high and mighty
Pointing the finger from up on my throne
'Til I looked in his tears and
I caught my reflection
And I knew that I could not
Bsus4
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cast the first stone.
Verse 3
Bsus4
Let the gavel fall slowly
tho' truth's been revealed
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Bsus4
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Sequester the jury for
a moment to feel
And in the courts of compassion
Bsus4
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I hope we can appeal
Interlude 1
To the better angels of our nature, to the better angels of our nature.
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E
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Bsus4
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C#m
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F#m
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Bsus4
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C#m
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Verse 4
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I walked along on my soft
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streets of plenty
She walked the alleys of
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anguish and need
While clutching my greed I was
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struck by a vision
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But for the grace of God,
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that could be me.
Verse 5
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And we gather in cham
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bers of lofty ideals
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Still debating the giving
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when handed the bill
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But in the congress of kindness
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I hope that we can yield
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To the better angels of our nature,
G#m
to the better angels of our nature.
Interlude 2
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C#m
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Verse 6
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angels of light
F#m
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F#m
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Angels of darkness, angels of might
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Angels with voices that whisper so clear
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F#m
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Bsus4
Who do I lean to, who do I hear?
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Interlude 3
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F#m
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C#m
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F#m
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D
C#m
Verse 7
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We are building our world
with a fevered emotion
While trying to keep it from coming apart
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But as we reach for the dream can we
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C#m
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still reach within us
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We won't have the hope if we don't
Verse 8
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'Cause we've tossed in the gale
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of a moral decline
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As we drink from the grail
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But at humanities table I
Em
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hope we choose to dine
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G#m
With the better angels of
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our nature.
Verse 9
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G#m
With the better angels of our nature...
Outro 1
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G#m
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