Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
A
D
I was the firstborn son of a firstborn son
Em
D
In the wake of family tragedy
After fruitless years
A
D
I was the chosen one
D
G
A
D
To eyes who saw what they had seen
I was a screaming, bloody symbol
Em
G
A
D
Of life and what it once had been
G
A
D
I was the firstborn son of a firstborn son
A
D
We prayed each night to the risen God
G
D
for our loved ones' health and safety.
A
D
Then we locked the doors and windows up
so there was no danger,
G
D
but we were not free.
G
A
Bm
The big bad world was on the hunt,
D
Em
and its dogs were fixed on our scent.
G
A
Bm
Clouds of fear may block the sun,
D
Em
still the earth remains in orbit.
A
Bm
D
G
A
D
God help the man who helps himself
Em
D
He needs no other devil
A
Bm
D
G
A
Give us courage now to say farewell
D
Em
D
A
Asus4
A
Bm
F#m
A
D
A
To this fear and watch it crumble
Bm
F#m
A
Em
Bm
F#m
A
D
A
Bm
F#m
A
Em
A
Em
A
Bm
was 12 years old,
Em
Bm
G
a student of the middle class of America.
A
D
baby, you're on your own
You are what you have,
G
D
you don't have much
G
A
Bm
The man rained down from the sky
Em
G
A
D
Moses walked the seabone dry
In my father's generation
Em
G
Asus4
And this firstborn son won't stop asking,
D
A
Bm
D
G
A
D
I'll help the man who helps himself
Em
D
A
He needs no other devil
Bbdim
Bm
D
G
A
Give me courage now to face my self
D
Em
D
Asus4
And dance as these walls crumble
A
G
A
Torn down by the blood of
D
A
D
a firstborn son
A
D
Bm
D
G
D
You
Bm
D
G
D
A
Bm
D
Bm
G
D
We are You
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