Amongst The Shadows

C#m B A G# C#m B A G# C#m B A I was born here in the badlands C#m B A The only place I've ever known C#m B A My people lived amongst the shadows C#m B A With all of nature as their home C#m B A I've Lived my life just like my father C#m B A He was proud and dignified C#m B A He always did his best for others C#m B A Now something's changed him deep inside E B A C#m I'll hold on cos I don't wanna watch my world burn down E B A C#m I'll stand tall and I won't let you make me fall C#m B A G# C#m B A Now I'm told that I need saving C#m B A In someone else's name and blood C#m B A Cos everybody’s* born a sinner C#m B A It's been that way since before the flood C#m B A If you bathe me in these waters C#m B A And you wash away my sins C#m B A Can you ever* make me purer C#m B A If human darkness dwells within E B A C#m I'll hold on cos I don't wanna watch my world burn down E B A C#m I'll stand tall and I won't let you make me fall C#m B A G# A B C#m I'll lay me down amongst the flowers A E B The only pretty things I've seen A B C#m Maybe I don't need redeeming A E B Maybe my soul's already clean C#m A B Maybe I don't need redeeming C#m A B Maybe my soul's already clean C#m A B Maybe I don't need redeeming C#m A B Maybe my soul's already clean C#m A B B C#m A B B C#m A B B C#m A B B