Redemption Day

Verse 1: Am I've wept for those who suffer long But how I weep for those who've gone Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong Dsus4 But keep on killing Verse 2: Am It's in the soul to feel such things But weak to watch without speaking Oh what mercy sadness brings Dsus4 Am If God be willing (Riff 1) Chorus: Am/B C There is a train that's heading straight C/B Am Am/B C To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate C/B C And on the way, child and man C/B Am Am/B D And woman wait, watch and wait Am For redemption day Verse 3: Am The fire rages in the streets And swallows everything it meets It's just an image often seen Dsus4 On television Verse 4: Am Come leaders, come you men of great Let us hear you pontificate Your many virtues laid to waste Dsus4 Riff 1 And we aren't listening Verse 5: (Different) Am Dsus4 C Am What do you have for us today Am Dsus4 C Am Throw us a bone but saw the plate Am Dsus4 C Am Oh why we waited til so late Am Dsus4 Was there no oil to excavate No riches in trade for the fate Of every person who died in hate C Am Throw us a bone, you men of great Chorus: Am/B C There is a train that's heading straight C/B Am Am/B C To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate C/B C And on the way, child and man C/B Am C Dsus4 And woman wait, watch and wait Am Riff 1 For redemption day Verse 6: Am C Dsus4 Am It's buried in the countryside Am C Dsus4 Exploding in the shells of night Am It's everywhere a baby cries Dsus4 Am Dsus4 Am Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom Ends on Am