Song For Next May Day

C F C F C F Am G C F C They stole everything F C And locked it away F So we'll smash everything Am G That's in the way C F C Of a world F C Where we can stand to breathe F Without giving up Am G What being human means C G Am G F Fm We can't wait for someone else to write the songs that we'll sing on the barricades C G Am G F Fm Or until the last police is gone to keep each other safe C G Am G F Fm We can't wait until we know we aren't wrong to raise the stakes C G Am G F Fm We can't wait for someone else to write the songs that we'll sing on the barricades C D Em G F C G Am F And I meet people everyday who can barely bring themselves to believe C G F That the sun is coming up again C G Am F I meet people everyday who can't bring themselves to believe C G That the world is gonna change C As if it's ever done anything else C F C F C F Am G C F C They stole everything F C And locked it away F So we'll smash everything Am G That's in the way C F C Of a life F C Where we can stand to breathe F Without giving up Am G What being human means C G Am G F Fm We can't wait for someone else to write the songs that we'll sing on the barricades C G Am G F Fm Or until the last police is gone to keep each other safe C G Am G F Fm We can't wait until we know we aren't wrong to raise the stakes C G Am G F Fm We can't wait for someone else to write the songs that we'll sing on the barricades C F C F C F Am G C