Key: B major•
Verse 1
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He fell to his knees and
he cried out for mercy
Heart-felt confessionals confessionals
to an angry mob
But vengeance was theirs as they
bellowed for justice
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"Death to the man who has sinned
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Verse 2
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so high and mighty
Pointing the finger from up on my throne
'Til I looked in his tears and
I caught my reflection
And I knew that I could not
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cast the first stone.
Verse 3
tho' truth's been revealed
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Sequester the jury for
a moment to feel
And in the courts of compassion
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I hope we can appeal
Interlude 1
To the better angels of our nature, to the better angels of our nature.
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Verse 4
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I walked along on my soft
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streets of plenty
She walked the alleys of
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anguish and need
While clutching my greed I was
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struck by a vision
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that could be me.
Verse 5
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And we gather in cham
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bers of lofty ideals
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Still debating the giving
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when handed the bill
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But in the congress of kindness
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I hope that we can yield
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To the better angels of our nature,
Interlude 2
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Verse 6
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angels of light
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Angels of darkness, angels of might
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Angels with voices that whisper so clear
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Who do I lean to, who do I hear?
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Interlude 3
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Verse 7
with a fevered emotion
While trying to keep it from coming apart
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still reach within us
Verse 8
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of a moral decline
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As we drink from the grail
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But at humanities table I
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hope we choose to dine
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With the better angels of
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our nature.
Verse 9
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With the better angels of our nature...
Outro 1
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G#m
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB Bsus4 F#sus4 A E...
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