Citizens chords by Jon Guerra

SimplifiedG · D · Em · C · Bm

GuitarPianoUkulele

Verse 1
G 
D 
G 
I have a heart full of questions
D 
Em 
Quieting all my suggestions
G 
C 
What is the meaning of Christian
D 
In this American life?
G 
D 
G 
I’m feeling awfully foolish
D 
Em 
Spending my life on a message
D 
C 
I look around and  I wonder
D 
Ever if I heard it right
G 
C 
Coming to you
G 
‘cause I’m confused
Em 
G 
Coming to you ‘cause I feel used
C 
G 
Coming to weep while I’m waiting
C 
Tell me you won’t make me go
G 
Em 
Bm 
I need to know there is justice
C 
G 
That it will roll in abundance
C 
G 
And that you’re building a city
D 
Where we arrive as immigrants
Em 
G 
And you call us citizens
C 
D 
G 
And you welcome us as children home
D 
G 
You were alone and rejected
D 
Em 
Misunderstood and detested
D 
C 
You gave it all, didn’t hold back
D 
You even gave up your life
G 
D 
G 
How can we call ourselves Christians
D 
Em 
Saying that love is a tension
D 
C 
Between the call of the cross and
D 
G 
Between the old party line
C 
G 
Coming to you for the mothers
Em 
D 
Who are all running for cover
C 
G 
There is a flood from their weeping
C 
G 
Tell me you won’t make them go
Em 
D 
I need to know there is justice
C 
G 
That it will roll in abundance
C 
G 
And that you’re building a city
D 
Where we arrive as immigrants
G 
Em 
And you call us citizens
G 
C 
D 
G 
And you welcome us as children home
D 
G 
D 
Em 
G 
C 
D 
G 
D 
G 
There is a man with a family
D 
Em 
He has a wife and a baby
Bm 
G 
C 
He broke the law just to save them
D 
G 
Working for three bucks an hour
D 
G 
Truly you said we were equal
D 
Em 
Everyone’s heart is deceitful
D 
C 
Everyone born is illegal
D 
G 
When love is the law of the land
C 
G 
Coming to you for the hungry
Em 
D 
Eating the scraps of this country
C 
G 
Didn’t you swear you would feed them
C 
G 
Tell me you won’t make them go
Em 
I need to know there is justice
D 
C 
G 
That it will roll in abundance
C 
And that you’re building a city
G 
D 
Where we arrive as immigrants
Em 
G 
And you call us citizens
C 
D 
And you welcome us as
G 
children home
D 
There is a wolf who is ranting
G 
D 
All of the sheep they
Em 
are clapping
C 
Promising power and protection
D 
G 
Claiming the Christ who was killed
D 
Killed by a common consensus
G 
D 
Everyone screaming
Em 
“Barabbas”
C 
Trading their God for a hero
D 
G 
Forfeiting Heaven for Rome
C 
Coming to you ‘cause I’m angry
G 
Em 
D 
Coming to you ‘cause I’m guilty
C 
Coming to you ‘cause you’ve
G 
promised
C 
G 
To leave the flock for the one
Em 
I need to know there is justice
D 
C 
G 
That it will roll in abundance
C 
And that you’re building a city
G 
D 
Where we arrive as immigrants
Em 
G 
And you call us citizens
C 
D 
Em 
And you welcome us as children home
C 
G 
D 
Where we ar rive as immigrants
Em 
G 
And you call us citizens
C 
D 
G 
And you welcome us as children home
D 
G 
Is there a way to love always?
D 
Em 
Living in enemy hallways
D 
Don’t know my foes from
C 
my friends and
D 
Don’t know my friends anymore
Power has several prizes
G 
D 
Em 
Handcuffs can come in all sizes
Bm 
C 
Love has a million disguises
D 
But winning is simply not one