Redemption Day chords by
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow

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Key: Bb minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I've wept for those who suffer long
But how I weep for those who've gone
In rooms of grief and questioned wrong
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But keep on killing
Verse 2
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It's in the soul to feel such things
But weak to watch without speaking
Oh, what mercy sadness bring
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If God be willing
Verse 3
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There is a train that's headin' straight
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To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way child and man
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and woman wait
Verse 4
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Watch and wait for redemption day
Fire rages in the streets
And swallows everything it meets
It's just an image often seen,
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on television
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Verse 5
Come leaders, come ye men of great
Let us hear you pontificate
Your many virtues laid to waste
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And we aren't listening
Verse 6
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There is a train that's heading straight
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To heaven's gate,
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to heaven's gate
And on the way child and man
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and woman wait
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Watch and wait, for redemption day
Verse 7
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What do you have for us today?
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Throw us a bone but save the plate
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Oh, why we waited 'til so late
Verse 8
Was there no oil to excavate?
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No riches in trade for the fate
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Of every person who died in hate
Throw us a bone, you men of great
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Verse 9
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There is a train that's heading straight
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To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way child and man
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and woman wait
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Watch and wait for redemption day
Verse 10
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It's buried inn the countryside
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Exploding in the shells of night
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It's everywhere a baby cries
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Freedom, freedom, freedom
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