Chords used:
F - 133211
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
Bb - x13331
E - 022100
Am - x02210
Intro
F C Bb
F C Bb
Dm E F E
C C
[Verso 1]
F C
A hot Southern night It was 1955
Bb
Mother brought another stranger
Am Bb Am Bb
home for supper Father is gone and
Am Bb C F
won’t be home until Christmas time
C
Lock the door and turn the lights
Bb
As the footsteps tapped the floor
Am Bb Am
inside they trembled Could they
Bb Am Bb C
take another drunk abusive night?
[Refrão]
Dm Bb
Because we don’t have the answers
F
All we know is that it’s time to
C E F Dm
end this pain Because the time
Bb F
is now or never One more generation
C
thrown into the flames
Post Chorus
F C Bb
F C Bb
Dm E F E
C C
[Verso 2]
F
Only thirteen waking up in
C
a backseat Never knowing when
Bb Am Bb
or where the next meal is coming
Am Bb Am Bb
from Or if her mother is ever
C F
coming back It’s an addiction
C
to the smack But can we really
Bb
blame her? The scars in her
Am Bb Am Bb
run deep It’s all she knows to
Am Bb C
keep her mind from flashing back
[Refrão]
Dm Bb
Because we don’t have the answers
F
All we know is that it’s time to
C E F Dm
end this pain Because the time
Bb F
is now or never One more generation
C
thrown into the flames
[Refrão]
Dm Bb
It only takes one life
F
to break this chain
Power of one
Dm
A commitment that the
Bb F
past will never be in
C Bb
vain Your history will
C
never be the same
[Refrão]
F
This is a song for all
C
those born into the fight
Dm
The past won’t be forgotten
Bb
But you’re stronger than your
F
sorrow A tragic story with
C
an ending left to write
Dm
Will you be the victim or
Bb F C Bb
the promise of tomorrow?
Guitar Solo
F C Dm Bb x2
then
C C
[Refrão]
Dm Bb
It only takes one life
F
to break this chain
Power of one
Dm
A commitment that the
Bb F
past will never be in
C Bb
vain Your history will
C
never be the same
[Refrão]
F
This is a song for all
C
those born into the fight
Dm
The past won’t be forgotten
Bb
But you’re stronger than your
F
sorrow A tragic story with
C
an ending left to write
Dm
Will you be the victim or
Bb
the promise of tomorrow?
[Refrão]
F
This is a song for all
C
those born into the fight
Dm
The past won’t forgotten
Bb
but our time is only borrowed
F C
A tragic story with an ending
Dm
left to write Will you break
the chain and be the
Bb
promise of tomorrow?
Outro
F C Bb
F C Bb
F C Bb F
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