Redemption Day chords by Johnny Cash and Sheryl Crow

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Gm 
I've wept for those who suffer long
G 
C 
G 
But how I weep for those
Gm 
G 
who've gone
Into rooms of grief and
Bb 
Gm 
questioned wrong
G 
C 
But keep on killing
G 
Gm 
G 
It's in the soul to feel such things
But weak to watch without
Gm 
G 
speaking
Gm 
Oh, what mercy sadness brings
G 
C 
If God be willing

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Verse 2

There is a train that's heading

straight

To Heaven's gate,

to Heaven's gate

And on the way, child and man

And woman wait, watch and wait

For redemption day

Verse 3
G 
Gm 
G 
Fire rages in the streets
Gm 
G 
And swallows everything it meets
C 
G 
Gm 
It's just an image often seen
G 
C 
On television
G 
Come leaders, come,
Gm 
G 
you men of great
Let us hear you pontificate
Gm 
G 
Gm 
Your many virtues laid to waste
G 
C 
And we aren't listening

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Gm 
G 
What do you have for us, today?
C 
G 
Gm 
G 
Throw us a bone but save the plate
C 
G 
Gm 
G 
On why you waited 'til so late
Eb 
Was there no oil to excavate?
C 
Eb 
No riches in trade for the fate
C 
Of every person who died in hate
Throw us a bone,
you men of great
Bb 
Am 

Verse 5
G 
Gm 
Bb 
F 
Bb 
There is a train that's heading straight
Gm 
To Heaven's gate,
Eb 
Bb 
to Heaven's gate
And on the way, child and man
Gm 
Eb 
C 
And woman wait, watch and wait
G 
For redemption day
Gm 

Verse 6
Eb 
C 
It's buried in the countryside
Eb 
C 
Explodin' in the shells of night
Eb 
C 
Bb 
It's everywhere a baby cries
C 
Freedom
Freedom
Eb 
Freedom
C 
Freedom
Eb 
Freedom
C 