Lives In The Balance Chords

Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Em, D x4

Verse

 Ive been Emwaiting for Dsomething to Emhappen D

 For a Emweek or a moDnth or a yearEm D

 With the Emblood in the iDnk of the heaEmdlines D

 And the sEmound of the Dcrowd in my eEmar D

 You might Emask what it Dtakes to remeEmmber D

 When you Emknow that you've Dseen it beforEme D

 Where a Emgovernment lDies to a peEmople D

 And a Emcountry is dDrifting to waEmr

Pre-chorus

 And theres a Cshadow on the Emfaces

 Of the Cmen who send the Emguns

 To the Cwars that are fought in Gplaces

 Where their Dbusiness interest Bruns

Verse 2

same arrangement as Verse 1):

On the radio talk shows and the t.v.

You hear one thing again and again

How the u.s.a. stands for freedom

And we come to the aid of a friend

But who are the ones that we call our friends--

These governments killing their own?

Or the people who finally cant take any more

Chorus

 And they Cpick up a gun or a brickB or a stone

 There are Emlives iDn the balanceEm D

 There are Empeople Dunder fire Em D

 There are Emchildren Dat the cannonEms D

 And there is Cblood on the wire B

Interlude

Pre-chorus

 Theres a Cshadow on the Emfaces

 Of the Cmen who fan the Emflames

 Of the Cwars that are fought in plGaces

 Where we cant Deven say the Bnames

Verse 3

They sell us the president the same way

They sell us our clothes and our cars

They sell us every thing from youth to religion

The same time they sell us our wars

I want to know who the men in the shadows are

I want to hear somebody asking them why

They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are

Chorus

 But tCheyre never the oneBs to fight or to die

 And there are Emlives iDn the balance Em D

 There are Empeople Dunder fire Em D

 There are cEmhildrenD at the cannons Em D

 And there is Cblood on the wire B

Outro

Em, D x3, end with Em.