Tuning: Standard BDG G D Well it's far and away, not my place to answer C Em G Any query of life at all, but I believe G D Those who can choose and choose to stand in silence C Em G Do a great disservice to those who cannot speak B C G D And you may well decide that the right is clearly wrong Em C But don't just blindly back the other side G D We'll be just as f**ked with all of our money gone Em C Not just for you, you decide G D Am Millions more are dying for you to try Em D Looking in from the outside G D I've been wracking my brain, I wish someone could answer C Em G What duty do I owe this life, am I to believe G D That in just 20 odd years of existence C Em G One could be burdened by the crimes of racism and industry G D C Em Still I had to laugh at the anger in my eyes to realise liberty and equality G Often find themselves fighting on different sides G D That's not our plight, that won't stop the waves and plagues C Em G But it don't mean we can't be timeless in our time B C G D The guilt that I feel as a white kid is an Adam & Eve of kind Em C See we're all born into sin G D The sin of the father's passed on to the child Em C To him and back through time G D Am Tried to see more evil in the world than they'd leave behind Em D At least in their eyes All right G D C Em G x2 G D So could it be that it's our lot in life C Em G To clean up the mess we left when we came so far, so fast G D It seems like it's our mess, cause we're the first to realise it C Em G It's not glamorous and we must do it in spite of B C G D Those terrible tribesmen who never perceived their own actions as crimes Em C Yet they're both demanding justice G D Yeah, well surely man, that can't be right Em C There will come a time G D Am When we finally look forward instead of always behind Em D G I hope I live to see that time