One Man Revolution

[E]We[B]ll I climbed the seven summits
[C#] minor [B]
And I swam the seven seas
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[B]I fought in the jungles
[C#] minor [B]
And I fought in the streets
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[B]Once I had a reason
[C#] minor [B]
Don't know what it could be
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[B]Well I sang to myself
[C#] minor [B]
That I want to be free
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[E]I [B]walked the empty desert
[C#] minor
And I was burned in the heat
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[B]I crossed the frozen wasteland
[C#] minor [B]
And in the bitter cold did freeze
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[B]And I will knock on every door
[C#] minor [B]
For I do not have a key
[C#] minor [A]
And the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[B]Well I sang to myself
[C#] minor [B]
That I want to be free
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[E]Th[B]ey shot a man in Soho
[C#] minor [B]
Couldn't guess his age
[C#] minor [A]
I found his empty journal
[E]I filled up every page
[B]I called up my state senator
[C#] minor [B]
They said he wasn't there
[C#] minor [A]
The secretary took my name
[E]And man she sounded scared
[B]So I counted my misfortunes
[C#] minor [B]
I added up the blame
[C#] minor [A]
I picked through all the garbage
[E]I checked off all the names
[B]I read in the newspaper
[C#] minor [B]
They'd questioned all my friends
[C#] minor [A]
They hoped that they could find me
[E]Before I struck again
[B]Well I sang to myself
[C#] minor [B]
That I want to be free
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[E]So[B] when thirsty I will drink
[C#] minor [B]
When hungry I will steal
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[B]So tonight I walk in anger
[C#] minor [B]
With worn shoes on my feet
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[B]And I will sing to myself
[C#] minor [B]
That I'm gonna be free
[C#] minor [A]
But the road I must travel
[E]Its end I cannot see
[B]There's a sign along the highway
[C#] minor [B]
But it's too dark now to read
[C#] minor [A] [E]

The Garden of Gethsemane

House gone up in Flames

Tuned down ½ step
[D] minor
It's in the grain of the wood
It's in the needle's rust
[C]It's in the eagle's claw
[D] minor
It's in the eyes you trust
It's in the jackal's dreams
It's in the sleet and the hail
[C]It's in the unmarked box
[D] minor
That came today in the mail
It's in the dead man's pocket
It's in the child's first sin
[C]It's in the Constitution
[D] minor
Written in very small print
It's in Colin Powell's lies
It's in the shaman's trance
[C]It's in the cellar waiting
[D] minor
And it's in the best laid plans
[F]We[C] could cut and run
[D] minor
And take half the blame
[C]Don't stop now
[G]That's why we came
House gone up in flames
It's in the National Anthem
It's in the scurrying roach
It's in the closed partition
'Tween first class and coach
It's in the relentless fever
It's in the lonely room
It's in the hands of fate
And it's in the pharaoh's tomb
It's in the rich man's dreams
It's in the poor man's hands
It's in the body bags
Along the Rio Grande
It's in the evening shade
It's on the zealot's tongue
It's in the widow's tears
And it's in the miner's lungs
We could cut and run
And take half the blame
Don't stop now
That's why we came
House gone up in flames
It's in the moon's dark spin
It's in the cloudless sky
It was in St. Peter's denial
That he'd thrice deny
It's in the distant thunder
It's in the whispered prayer
That they won't find us hidden here
Beneath the stairs
So consider yourself lucky
And watch what you say
I got what I wanted
You might get the same
It's in the bold print nailed
To the cathedral door
It's in the black cold pressure
On the ocean floor
We could cut and run
And take half the blame
Don't stop now
That's why we came
House gone up in flames

Flesh Shapes the Day

[E]Now you might have heard different
But I know it's a fact
That Jesus, Mary, Joseph
And the Apostle Paul were black
[A]Ten letters I am writing
Each one reads the same
[E]Nine circles I am drawing
One around your name
[B]Land and freedom
Steel and faith
[A]Tooth and bone and wire
[E]Skin, scar, dirt and fire
[B]It doesn't matter who you are
[A]It does not matter what you say
[G]Fl[E]es[G]h [E]sh[G]ap[E]es the day
Now it's clear as a pillar of smoke
And broken Starbuck's glass
Yeah, I support my troops
They wave black flags
They wear black masks
All the roads are closed
Smoke is rising from the fields
The monsters left their cages
An angel set them free
Land and freedom
Steel and faith
Tooth and bone and wire
Skin, scar, dirt and fire
It doesn't matter who you are
It does not matter what you say
Flesh shapes the day
[A] [G] [E] X6
Veteran's hospitals
And witches spells
Low to buy
And high to sell
And little girls
Collecting shells
And memories
Upon the shelves
And ringing bells
And high school choirs
And faithful dogs
Beside the fire
And billionaires
And open bars
And early exits
And judgments hard
And land and freedom
And steel and faith
And tooth and bone and wire
And skin, scar, dirt and fire
It doesn't matter who you are
Does not matter what the fuck you say
Flesh shapes the day

Battle Hymns

Maximum Firepower

[A] minor
This one's for the shoeshine boy
And the farmer in debt
Each string is barbed wire
Each chord is a threat
[G]This blues guy I met
That never had a hit
[A] minor
Said you don't gotta be loud, son
To be heavy as shit
Well I'm the triggerman, baby
And tonight I'll prove
That this machine here
Well it kills fascists too
[G]And don't be surprised
If the sermon on the mount
[A] minor
Next time is delivered
In a little coffee house
[D] minor
Cause somebody here's
Gotta let them know
[A] minor
I doubt it's me
But here I go
[E] minor
I hit the button
Tape started to roll
[G]The song's got fire
But it's got no soul
[C] [G] [A] minor
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
[G]Between here and home
[C] [G] [A] minor
Drop down into the valley
Piano playin' in the living room
[F] [A] minor
And when you see the white barn
[G] [A] minor
You'll know the journey's through
[C] [G] [A] minor
My dog's barking in the backseat
[G] [A] minor
Cause he knows it too
[A] minor [G]
You'll need a fake passport
And fix your disguise
And don't fire, sugar
Til you see the whites of their eyes
I turned the other cheek
But now I'm through
The skin you're in
Makes choices for you
I was checking off names
And I came late to dinner
Seems the slices of pie
Keep getting thinner and thinner
Brothers and sisters
Rejoice and repent
The landlord's dead
You can keep the rent
You got twelve fine friends
But one of 'em's rotten
There's a hole out back
Ain't got no bottom
Forty days in the wilderness
Forty sleepless nights
I'm confused, half blind
And sure I'm right
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
Between here and home
Drop down into the valley
Piano playin' in the living room
And when you see the white barn
You'll know the journey's through
My dog's barking in the backseat
Cause he knows it too
[F]Officer please
I won't be long
[A] minor
Called the radio station
Requested this song
[F]I had my doubts
About what I knew
[E] minor
So I turned it up
[G]Then it sounded true
[A] minor
Kiss the ring
If the Queen will let you
But come over the fence
And the dogs will get you
On a rope hung the traitor
On a hook hung the meat
You and me are missing persons
[C]Ti[G]l we're counted in the streets
[A] minor
So seize the time
And storm the tower
And come correct
With Maximum Firepower
For the sins of the fathers
The son he must pay
The Nightwatchman giveth
[C]An[G]d he taketh away
[D] minor
Thought hard about this next line
Pretty sure it's true
[A] minor
If you take a step towards freedom
It'll take two steps towards you
[E] minor
So mister I ain't scared
And mister I ain't worried
[G]Cause on that lonely stretch of blacktop
I sit as judge and jury
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop
Between here and home
Drop down into the valley
Piano playin' in the living room
And when you see the white barn
You know the journey's through
My dog's barking in the backseat
Cause he knows it too
The clock strikes the hour
Tonight we ride
You've got three more seconds
To choose sides

Union Song

The Dark Clouds Above

[G]Never listened to the pain
[C]Ne[G]ver listened to fortune or fame
Never listened to eagle or dove
[C]Ne[G]ver listened to anger or love
[D]Bu[C]t [G]I listen to the dark clouds above
Never answered to the call
Never answered to nothing at all
Never answered when times got rough
Never answered to anger or love
But I answer to the dark clouds above
Never waited for dollar or dime
Never waited for signal or sign
Never waited when they screamed enough
Never waited for anger or love
But I'm waiting for the dark clouds above

Until The End

[A] minor [C] [G] [A] minor [F] [C] [A] minor [G] [E] minor
[A]No[C] one knows who gave the orders
[G] [A] minor
No one asks about the crime
[C]No one looks behind the curtain
[G] [A] minor
No one questions why
[C]The only time we've got
[G]Is right about now
[C]I cross my heart
[G]I take the vow
[C]I'[G]ll never turn
[A] minor
I'll never bend
[G]I'm with you now
[A] minor
Until the end
Tonight's the test
Tonight's the time
I am the punishment
That fits the crime
I'll break the bricks
I'll pick the locks
I don't got nothin'
But I'll give what I got
I'll never turn
I'll never bend
I'm with you now
Until the end
Ten trials whose outcomes
All fixed from the start
Nine judges sitting counting
Their money in the dark
Eight towers of iron
Surround the desert town
On a cold December morning
Seven martyrs knocked them down
Six fathers still waiting
For their six sons to come home
Five mothers who know better
And accept that they're gone
Four years I've been hunted
Still I breathe free
Three times I shot the sheriff
And did not spare the deputy
Two prayers I'm praying
Until we're together
One promise I'm keeping
Tonight and forever
I'll never turn
I'll never bend
I'm with you now
Until the end

This song is not on the Album but can be found on youtube.

Alone without you