Tom: A
E Bm A E E Bm A E
[Verse 1]
E Bm
Whatever it was, is wasn't manumission
A E
To spill the blood, to pull the weed
E Bm
You can bury the past, but it's a mausoleum
A E
With the ghost of a fist that won't let us be
[Chorus]
E Bm
Can we bring it together,
A E
Can we call from the mountain to the valley below?
E Bm
Can we make it better,
A E
Do we tether the hawk, do we tether the dove?
[Verse 2]
E Bm
I kicked up the dirt, and I said to my neighbor
A E
"We keep making it worse, we keep getting it wrong"
E Bm
He tucked in his shirt, he stood a little bit straighter,
A E
"We need a few less words dear, we need a few more guns."
[Chorus]
E Bm
But will it bring us together,
A E
Can we call from the mountain to the valley below?
E Bm
Can we make it better,
A E
Do we tether the hawk, do we tether the dove?
[Guitar Solo]
E Bm A E x2
[Bridge]
N.C. C#m
Enduring love
A E D A
Why so much and so strong, beyond this short existence?
C#m
So don't be still
E
You say there's a long line behind you
D A
And it's hardly worth the mentioning
C#m
But I will
E
Cause we may flicker and fade,
D A
But we never will be through with this
[Verse 3]
E Bm
I see this world battered but not broken
A E
There's a fallow heart, it's waiting on a sowing hand
E Bm
You can grow what you want, one day it's gonna rise up
A E
So plant what you need to make a better stand
[Chorus]
E Bm
And we'll bring it together,
A E
And we'll call from the mountain to the valley below.
E Bm
And we'll make it better,
A E
Let go of the hawk, we let go of the dove.
[Chorus]
E Bm A
I sing to you, all you true believers
(Can we bring it together) (each call from the mountain)
E
With the strength to see this and not be still.
(to the valley below.)
E Bm A
I'm telling you now, find the hope that feeds you,
(Will it get any better?) (do we tether the hawk?
E
Don't let 'em bleed you of your will.
(do we tether the dove?)
