Intro: GGCCGDDEmEmCC }x2
Verse 1:
GGCCG
It's been a long time coming and it's good to be back
GGCCG
Been in a head on collision with a medicine man
D
I've been down in the alley where the odds are stacked
EmC
Down on my knees, had to turn back
Chorus:
GDEmCGDEmC
Change, Change, I need a change, Oh Lord }x2
Bridge 1: (chords same as Intro)
[E-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------5b-3b---------------
B-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------3-5b-3b-5-3-----------
G--------------------5b-3-0--3-5-------------5-3-5-3-0-
D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------]
Verse 2: (chords same as Verse 1)
Down in a no man's land between sorrow and sweet
(Fill: [G-3b-0--3b-0--3b-0--3b-0--])
Where the devil himself sits on the judgement seat
Where you drown in your rain, your wind and your sleet
When you're six feet under, down on your feet
Chorus
Bridge 2:
D
It's got to be tough, to be so true
EmC
It's got to be even tougher, to be you
D
Hammer on the door, singing "God Save The Queen"
EmC
I want to leave this place
Chorus (one time only)
(at this point, everything goes up one step.
The chorus then becomes):
AEF#mDAEF#mD
Change, Change, I need a change, Oh Lord
AA
It's been a long time coming and it's good to be back...
Intro: DCG/B }x2
DCG/B
Well there's a young boy standing
DCG/B
staring at the world
DCG/B
you know he can't control his anger
DCG/B
you can see it in his eyes
DCG/B
Gonna smash the windows he's
DCG/B
gonna tear down the walls
DCG/B
hey hey mister you don't understand it
DCG/B
take a look at it through my eyes
Asus4A
These are the kids, they're powerless
Asus4A
so you tell them so
Asus4A
These are the kids they're powerful
Asus4A
don't say you haven't been told
DCadd9
and we'll go marching on, hear our sound,
G/BCadd9
hear our voice, we're growing stronger
DCadd9
marching on, we're not alone now
G/BCadd9D
we're keeping on, we're marching on
D - C - G/B
Take a walk round your city walls
Before they all fall down
Take a walk down any street
You're gonna feel the stares of us all
Can you feel it burning
Shame is what it's called
You'd better look at what you have created
Think of all the people who hate you
(Asus4 - A pattern:)
These are the people that made you
When you said you cared for us all
These are the people who'll break you
Get prepared for the fall
(D - Cadd9 - G/B pattern:)
and we'll go marching on, hear our sound,
hear our voice, we're growing stronger
marching on, we're not alone now
we're keeping on, we're marching on
GD
We're the young who stand up, we must never be silenced
CD
we've gotta speak up now, for all our sakes
CG/BD
and lift our voices higher, let's sing our song
CG/BA
keep on marching, marching, and never forget that when the
D - C - G/B
power on the right side
fights the power on the left
We have got to stand together
Forget the east and west
(Asus4 - A pattern:)
'Cause there's another voice crying in the ghetto
Another mouth to feed
Another heart beating in the ghetto
Another soul to set free
(D - Cadd9 - G/B pattern:)
and we'll go marching on, hear our sound,
hear our voice, we're growing stronger
marching on, we're not alone now
we're keeping on, we're marching on
Intro: GGGGGGDADADADAEmGG
v^v v v v v v v vvvvv v.... v........ v........
DA
Back in seventyfive when the kid was on the line
EmG
and he felt no pain 'cause there was none
DA
He would bend in the wind, take in anything
EmG
like sniffin' roses, and it was all right
EmA
until he fell and cut his hand
GBm
He just could not understand
EmD/F#GE
He ran away, blame pretence for defence
A
or plain innocence
Said that's all right,
GDAEm
the harder it fights, I'm one step closer to home
GDAEm
The deeper it bites , I'm one step closer to home
GD
And you can tie my hands or whip my back
GD
I can't give in, till the sky turns black
GDGDAD
I may get lost - I'm one step closer to home
ADADA EmG (As in the Intro.)
DA
Он yeah, he ran, hitched rides, travelled light
EmG
left his bags behind, said he lost them
DA
He said that's О.К. I got money and a smile
EmG
from place to place, and they don't mind
EmA
I've had the heads of businessmen
ABm
and I just gave them right back again
EmD/F#GEm
I've got no need for device, disguise
A
or plain compromise
Said that's all right,
GDAEm
the tougher it gets, I'm one step closer to home
GDAEm
the more that I sweat, I'm one step closer to home
GD
And you can tie my hands or whip my back
GD
I can't give in, till the sky turns black
GDGDAD
I may get lost - I'm one step closer to home
BmD
There ain't no need for this, at all, at all
surely you can help me out, say
EmF#m
I know a lot of people, just like you
GBm
plenty to live for and nothing to lose, so
DA
tear it all down, smash it all up
DA
break it all down, and then just stop
DADA
build it up
DA
build it up
DA
build it up
DA
and the tougher it gets and the more that I sweat
DG
and the harder it fights and the deeper it bites
DAEm
I'm one step closer to home
G
the harder it fights
DA
I'm one step closer to home
GD
And you can tie my hands or whip my back
GD
I can't give in, till the sky turns black
GDGDAD
I may get lost - I'm one step closer to home
A
The first heaven is silver
F#m7
and you are silver you shine white light
A
The second heaven's sacred,
F#m7
and you are sacred of pure soul
ED
The third heaven is pearl
EF#m7
and your name is forever written
EBm7
Oh don't walk away
ED
no don't walk away
A
I'm walking in the presence of love
F#m7
I'm walking in the seventh heaven
DC#m7
I'm alive with the agony, the ecstasy
DC#mF#m7
Strive for the pleasure and the pain
Bm7GAF#m7
I'm walking in the presence of love.
The fourth heaven is white gold
and you cry white golden tears
The fifth heaven is holy
you are the angel of sweet mercy
The sixth heaven is of ruby
of the wind and of the earth
Oh don't walk away
no don't walk away
I'm walking in the presence of love
I'm walking in the seventh heaven
I'm alive with the agony, the ecstasy
Strive for the pleasure and the pain
I'm walking in the presence of love.
F#m
I don't wanna die in a hell on earth
A
In the valley below in the pain and the hurt
BmD
In the sea of Danger drowning me
there's a ray of hope when I'm walking in the
A
presence of love
repeat chorus
Chord formations:
A [x02220]
F#m7 [242222]
E [022100]
F#m [244222]
Bm7 [224232]
D [xx0232]
C#m [x46654]
G [320003]
Bm [x24432]
Intro: appregio based on GFFEm bar chords, something like:
[E-----3--------1--------1--------0---
B--------3--------1----------------0-
G------------------------------------
D---5--------3--------3--------2-----
A----------------------------2-------
E-3--------1--------1------0---------]
This figure repeats throughout the verses.
At one point in the first verse, this changes slightly:
(sorry, don't have exact lyric with me)
GFFEm
I have drunk from fire water
GFFEmDC
Free spirits rising in the world
and then above figure repeats again.
CHORUS:
GFC
Raw, raw, burnt back to the bone
GFC
Raw, raw, you better leave this child alone
GFC
Raw, raw, I ain't got no home...now
FF
Burnt right back...burnt right back to the bone.
GG (rake) GG (rake) FF (rake) FF (rake)...
then back to the verse.
BRIDGE: (after second chorus)
D
Rolling like a river, running like a train
DCG
Free spirits rising in the world today
SOLO: don't have it, but it's based on the GGFC pattern
of the verse then second verse,
repeating GGFC until the end of the song
I believe the song is written in the key of A, if this helps.
For each riff, I just use the strings
it uses to save a little space.
Riff 1:
[E---2---0------------------------
B-0---0----0-3--0-2--0-0-0----0--
G--------------------------2-2---]
Riff 2:
[E-4-2-0-5--2-0---4-
B--------------3---]
Riff 3:
[E-4-5-7-7-5-7-7-4-5-]
Intro: B5, play Riff 1, pause,
play again (second time is actually slightly
different)
B5 (Riff 1 twice, no pause)
Shelter
B5AE
I've been branded, I've been washed around left for dead,
DAB5DA
I've been cast out from this world
B5AE
I've been exiled, I've been stranded on the street,
DAB5DA
Ain't got no place left to run
D (Riff 2) AB5 (Riff 1)
No one loves me, anymore, anymore, anymore
D (Riff 2) AE
Another heartbeat, down...come on and take me to the
B5AE (Riff 3)
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
B5AE
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
DA
Shelter
(play Riff 1 twice)
B5AEDAB5
I've been exiled, I've been raised within the street,
in this wicked world
DAB5AEDAB5DA
Persecution, I'm carrying my cross, down here on my knees
D (Riff 2) AB5 (Riff 1)
No one loves me, anymore, anymore, anymore
D (Riff 2) AE
Another heartbeat, down...come on and take me to the
B5AE (Riff 3)
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
B5AE
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
DAB5
Shelter
Solo:
[E---2----0-----------------------5----2----5----2-----0-
B-0----0----0-3--0-2------0----0----0----0----0---2-2---
G---------------------2-2-------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-
B----------0--0--2-2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------
G-2--2-2-2------------------------------------------------]
(this is basically a run up the A scale starting on A)
Chords (played during solo):
B5B5AEDAEAB5DD
...come on and take me to the
B5AE (Riff 3)
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
(give me your loving)
B5AE (Riff 3)
Shelter, Shelter, sleeping on the street tonight
(give me your loving)
B5AE (Riff 3)
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
(give me your loving)
B5AE
Shelter, Shelter, give me what I want tonight
ADADAD
Outro:
[E---------------------
B---------------------
G-----2-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-
D-4-4-----------------]