pain lies on the riverside

s banks are dry
And to wait for a flood
Is to wait for life

I've got to learn...

Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)
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Em (D)
Heard a lot of talk about the ocean
Em (D)
Heard a lot of talk about the sea
Em (D)
Heard a lot of talk about a lot of things
Em (D)
Never meant that much to me
Em (D)
Heard a lot of talk about my spirit
Em (D)
Heard a lot of talk about my soul
Em
But I decided that anxiety and pain
(D) Em
Were better friends
D
So I let it go
Em G D
Did you let it go? (3x)
A
Let's get it back
C D Em
Let's get it back together

Heard a lot of talk about this Jesus
A man of love, a man of strength
But what a man was two thousand years ago
Means nothing at all to me today
He could have been telling me about my higher self
But he only lives inside my prayer
So what he was may have been beautiful
But the pain is right now and right here

Let it go...

Beauty Of Gray
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]: Bm F# :[
Bm F#
If I told you he was your brother
Bm F#
We could reminisce then you would go about your day
Bm F#
If I said you ought to give him some of your water
Bm F#
You'd shake your canteen and walk away
G D A
This perception that divides you from him
G D A G
Is a lie -- for some reason you never asked why
D A G
This is not a black and white world
D A C
You can't afford to believe in your side
Bm Em
This is not a black and white world
Bm F#
To be alive I say that the colors must swirl
Bm Em
And I believe that maybe today
D A Bm F#
We will all get to appreciate the beauty of gray

If I told you that she was your mother
We could analyze the situation and be gone
If I said you ought to give her some of your water
Your eyes would light up like the dawn

This perception that divides you from her...

We will all get to appreciate...

Bm Em
The beauty of gray
D A
The beauty of gray

G D/F# Em G D/F# Bm
D|-----0-----0---|------------|
A|---2-----0-----|---------2--|
E|-3-----2-----0-|-3---2------|
(7x) last time

Look into your eyes
No daylight
New day now

This is not...


Brothers Unaware
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]: Dm C :[

Dm C
So many people
Dm C
I know only a few
Dm C
Yes I may say that I love this man and that man
Dm C
But what keeps me from loving you?
Dm C
Date of birth, geography
Dm C
Color of skin, ideology
Dm C
You got ten fingers, two legs, one nose
Dm C
Like me, just like me
Bb A
And it's as simple as that you see
Dm C
And if I don't know who to love I love them all
Dm C
And if I don't know who to trust I trust them all
Dm C A Bb C
And if I don't know who to kill I kill myself instead

>From the mouth of a baby
Will come the world saving words
That will save us all
And from the lungs of a child
Will come the everlasting breath of God

Increasing peace and honesty
And not carrying on despite of me
Don't you know, this ain't abou