Forgotten Victims chords by Nashville Session Players

SimplifiedD · G · Gsus4 · C · Em

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Gsus4
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Intro 1

Gsus4

Verse 1
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Flash
all the evening news
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between sound bites of guns and war
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Single mom of two bags
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filled with food
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Walking home from a corner store
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Didn't have a chance
caught in the crossfire
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of a Gainland turf dispute
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But not a word is heard
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Em 
for those who remain
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Gsus4 
to share grief's bitter fruit
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A loving mother left behind two boys
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who passed from foster home to home
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And her parents of a lonely
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child endure
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Final days weeping alone
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Her boyfriends too, and best friends too
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Try and piece together lives blown apart
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While the mother of a killer
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who did her best
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Slowly dies from a broken heart
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Sing a song of forgotten victims
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For those who remain here
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Whose pain haunts like a blue steel knife
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Day by day, year by year
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May they find it within God's grace
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Em 
To somehow keep on keeping on
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Finds  strength to rise above
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Gsus4 
And with His love overcome
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That bitter old man on
the stool next to yours
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Once had his youthful dreams
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And the junkie in the alley
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may recall better times
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Between his silent screams
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The priests of deceit and
lady on Main Street
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Share more than meets the eye
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And God only knows
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how many reasons why
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Before His hand go you and I
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Sing a song of forgotten victims
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For those who remain here
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Whose pain haunts like a blue steel knife
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D 
Day by day, year by year
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May they find it within God's grace
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Em 
To somehow keep on keepin' on
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God's strength to rise above
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With His love overcome
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It may be true we make our own choices
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And no doubt we've all sinned
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But in life's big picture
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of circumstance
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We're tumbleweeds in a desert wind
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Sing a song of forgotten victims
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For those who remain here
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Whose pain haunts like a blue steel knife
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Day by day, year by year
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May we find it within God's grace
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To somehow keep on
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keeping on
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Backstream to rise above
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With His love overcome
Say a prayer for forgotten victims
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Those who remain here you