Through The Top Of The Chain

F G Death knows not of who’s wrong and who’s right F D It just happens to those who show enough fight F G And the dead have nothing to say or to do F D They know not now of what has really gone through C D Here’s to Floyd, Arbery, and Taylor down there C E And Wright and Castile, any more, do I dare C D Two hundred fifteen and seven fifty one C E And we understand that nothing is what they’d done F G And we know who is to blame C D We just go through to the top of the chain F G Each young man that causes deathly harm F D Is, in a form, truly unarmed F G As you know, who it’s from, their mission was manned F D Not from the one, but the top of the hand C E And from each bright world, came another young man C E Who knew just what was offered in the hand C E But their minds were awry; their souls just bent C E Nobody knows how the message was sent F G And we know who is to blame C D We just go through to the top of the chain F G Some of them had just been born F D Some of them, from their families, they were torn F G Others have no reason to live F D Others just have nothing to give C E For every small boy and girl stopped dead C E ‘Tis a day every parent will dread C E Just know the killer who made them all gone C E Wouldn't be here if the top knew the wrong F G And we know who is to blame C D We just go through to the top of the chain Wrong every way, killing young lives Telling them how to live with your lies Though lies to me, maybe not to you Just understand what your lies will soon really do F G The governments, churches, and leaders around F D Should be brought to trial and the guilty be found F G And the underdog who took out the scheme F D Will find out he was on the wrong team F G And we know who is to blame C D We just go through to the top of the chain F G So why am I here talking all blue F D Cause we know it’s not them, but the top, which is you F G And we know the people have not come clean F D But the higher we go, the blame gets more mean F G When I conclude, there’s something to send F D Know what you’ve lost, cannot have a mend F G But as every ruthless death goes right through F D Don’t sit with all your might, and have nothing to do F G And we know who is to blame C D We just go through to the top of the chain