A Voice From The Past

[Intro ] Em D A/C# x4 [Verso 1] Em D A/C# Em D A/C# A voice from the past entered my head today Em D A/C# Em D A/C# Fresh and alive, full of life and passion and pain G D/F# G A A voice now past G D/F# G A Em D A/C# Em D A/C# A beautiful soul, gone, gone, gone [Verso 2] Em D A/C# Speaking clearly, clearer than the living Em D A/C# Talking perfect sense G D/F# G A Used to not being understood G D/F# G Em D A/C# Em D A/C# While talking perfect sense to the next generation [Verso 3] Em D A/C# Have we caught up yet? Em D A/C# G D/F# G Is it time? I think it is A G D/F# Enough is enough G Enough is enough Instrumental 1 Em D A/C# x4 G D/F# G A G D/F# G Em D A/C# x2 [Verso 4] Em D/F# G A A voice from the past entered my head today Em D C Tiny child sighed in my ear G D/F# G A Giving up breathing in G D/F# G Em Over and out, over and out D A/C# Em D A/C# Taken by bad luck and the ill fortune of geography [Ponte] Em D A/C# Common cold, dirty water, H IV Em D A/C# Common apathy, common crime G D/F# G A G D/F# G Perfect nonsense to the next generation [Ponte] A G D/F# Dead yet alive A G D/F# Dead yet alive A G D/F# Gone but shouting anger A G D/F# Gone but talking perfect sense [Verso 5] Em D A/C# Have we caught up yet? Em D A/C# Is it time? Well I say it is G A G I say it is, deaf and dumbed-down D/F# G Enough is enough [Ponte] G A Give me a smile, hold out your hand Bm A/C# I don't want your money, I don't want your land G A Give a smile, hold out your hand Bm A/C# I don't want your money, I don't want your land Em D A/C# I want you to wake up and do something strange Em D A/C# Bm A G I want you to listen, I want you to feel someone el-se's pain Em A G Someone el-se's pain Bm A G Someone el-se's pain Em A G Someone el-se's pain Instrumental 2 Bm A G Em A G Bm A G Em A Outro Em D A/C# Deaf and dumbed-down Em D A/C# Deaf and dumbed-down Em D A/C# Deaf and dumbed-down Em D A/C# Deaf and dumbed-down Em A tap with clean water Em A tap with clean water