Abraham

C F C O Abraham F G C How far the mighty, we have fallen F C How I pray you hear me calling Dm G In the hour of despair C In the promised land F G C Where every promise has been broken F C And every vote feels like a token Dm G C For a ride that goes nowhere G So rise up C Rise up G Rise up C O the words you spoke F G C Of a far more perfect union F C Reaching out to the disillusioned Dm G Still set our souls to sing C But what of hope F G C And we need it now more than ever F C And I keep listening for feathers Dm G C But I hear the flap of leathery wings G So rise up C Rise up F G C We've more in common than divides us F G C But we need someone to guide us G E7 Am Through the sorrow and the shadows we have sown F C O Abraham G C Rise up from your marble throne C C7 F C C7 F C C7 F C C7 F G C O Abraham F G C Gazing out over the fountain F C Sitting silent as a mountain Dm G Say it wasn't all in vain C Though I understand F G C Why another wise man won't come forward F C When all the others were rewarded Dm G C With a bullet in the brain G So rise up C Rise up G Rise up C Rise up Em Rise up F Rise up C Rise E Am Rise up G F G C We've more in common than divides us F G C But we need someone to guide us G E7 Am For we've never felt so lost and so alone F C O Abraham G C F Rise up from your marble throne C O Abraham G C Rise up, rise up C C7 F C C7 F C C7 F C F C