Tom: Am
C
I saw Judas Iscariot, with a bottle of wine
Am7
talkin suicide with an old friend of mine.
F
They gathered a crowd down at the end of the tracks,
C C - E7
and a woman cried out when is god comin' back?
F
They pretended not to notice
C
they came down hard on the weak.
F
Causing war and starvation, refusing
G
to let them speak.
C F G
For every mountain i climb,
C F G
for every river that winds,
C F G
for every wind that will blow,
F G C
I will send out my prayers for the children below.
[second verse starts on last beat of chorus] I
C Am7
... saw crazy horse walkin' alone in the dark
F
on streets paved with the blood oF his broken heart.
C G
He never dreamed it would turn out like this.
C
They pretend that they just don't see.
Am7
They are blinded in their own mediocrity.
F
They got their trophies and their cars and their houses on the hill,
C C - E7
and they don't really care that their wars are a killin' me
F C
For every child that follows the dream
F G
ten thousand angels will fly.
F
No one will force them to run.
C
They will stand up and fight,
F G
till the battle is won.
C F G
For every mountain i climb,
C F G
for every river that winds,
C F G
for every wind that will blow,
F G C
I will send out my prayers for the children below.
C F G
For every mountain i climb,
C F G
for every river that winds,
C F G
for every wind that will blow,
F G C
I will send out my prayers for the children below.
F G C
the children below
F G C
the children below
F G C
the children below
