shut up and sing
shut up and sing

shut up and sing easy guitar chords by Brent Cobb

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • Gm

    3

  • C

  • F

  • Gsus4

  • Bb

  • G

  • Gm

    3

  • C

  • F

  • Gsus4

  • Bb

    • Intro 1


    I 
    was told 
    Verse 1
    not 
    long 
    ago 
    that 

    I can't 
    talk 
    the way 
    I 
    do 

    Singers 
    shouldn't 
    share 
    their 
    current 

    affairs 
    or 
    worldly 
    views 

    Sayin' 
    something 
    off 
    the wall 
    just 

    might 
    bend 
    folks 
    outta 
    shape 

    Hard 
    workin' 
    people 
    spend 
    their 

    paychecks to 
    show 
    up 
    and 
    escape 

    So 
    put 
    a plug 
    in 
    what 
    you think 

    Man, 
    shut 
    up and 
    sing 

    Verse 2

    So 
    I pulled 
    out 
    my guitar 
    and 

    I 
    gave 
    it 
    a strum 

    And 
    I thought 
    about 
    the 
    way 
    I'd 

    lay 
    it 
    out 
    there 
    if 
    one 

    Lone 
    song 
    was 
    all 
    I 
    had 
    to make 

    it 
    all 
    make 
    half- 
    sense 

    To 
    put 
    some 
    heart 
    back 
    on 
    the forefront, 

    collective 
    consciousness 

    Can't 
    be 
    dead 
    as my 
    six 
    strings 

    I 
    wondered 
    what 
    would 

    I shut 
    up 
    an
    d sing 

    Then 
    it hit 
    me 

    Verse 3
    Shut 
    up 
    and 
    sing, 
    Lord, 

    have 
    mercy 
    on 
    all us 
    earthly 
    fools 

    There's 
    poison 
    in 
    our 
    rhetoric 

    and 
    bullets 
    in 
    our schools 

    So 
    I'll 
    sing 
    what 
    the hell 

    is going 
    on 
    around 
    here 

    Let's 
    take 
    these 
    blinders 
    off 
    our 
    eyes 

    and 
    pull 
    the 
    cotton 
    from 
    our 
    ears 

    Until 
    some
    body 
    says 
    something 

    and means 
    something 

    I'll 
    shut 
    up and 
    sing 

    Verse 4

    Some
    times 
    saying 
    nothing 
    says 
    it 

    all 
    and 
    then some 
    more 

    Conjecture 
    causes 
    bull 
    and 

    fuels 
    unnecessary 
    wars 

    Poets 
    know 
    hiding 
    the truth 
    somewhere 

    between 
    the lines 

    Somehow 
    makes 
    it 
    seem 
    worth 

    more 
    for 
    those 
    looking 
    to find 

    Some 
    answers 
    to 
    the 
    troubles 

    this life 
    brings 
    so 

    They 
    shut 
    up 
    and sing 

    Verse 5

    Shut 
    up 
    and 
    sing, 
    Lord, 

    forgive 
    us for 
    we know 
    not 
    what 
    we 
    do 

    There's 
    shouting 
    from 
    the mountains 

    down 
    to south 
    border 
    towns 
    too 

    Shut 
    up 
    and 
    sing, 

    what 
    the hell 
    is going 
    on 
    around 
    here 

    Let's 
    take 
    these 
    blinders 
    off 
    our 
    eyes 

    and 
    pull 
    the 
    cotton 
    from 
    our 
    ears 

    'Til 
    some
    body 
    says 
    something 

    that means 
    something 

    I'll 
    shut 
    up and 
    sing 

    Interlude 1





    Verse 6
    Song
    s got 
    ways 
    of going 
    places 

    folks 
    have 
    never 
    been 

    From one 
    side 
    of 
    the world, 

    'round 
    and 'round 
    and 
    back 
    again 

    Universal 
    unity 
    ain't 
    realistic, 
    naw 

    Aw, 
    but 
    who 
    says 
    we can't 
    run 

    one 
    for 
    the hell 
    of 
    it 
    all? 

    You 
    never 
    know 
    how 
    true 

    a melody 
    might 
    ring 

    'Til you 
    shut 
    up 
    and 
    sing 

    Outro 1






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