Chords for Dawud Wharnsby - Rachel Corrie

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_ _ [C] First time I saw [F] Rachel I [C] looked deep [G] into [F] her eyes
[Cm] My reflection there was a gaping stare [C] As I watched [G] her laugh [F] in that photograph
[Am] And time [A] between us _ lost [F] _ _ somewhere _ _
_ _ [C] First time I saw [F] Rachel _ [C] I began [G] to [F] realize _
She [C] possessed such grace in her [F]
youthful face [C] Sweet [G] integrity that [Am] woke a void in me
Now her passion _ breathes within [F] that _ _ space _
It [C] has nothing to do with [F] age [A] It's not our [G] languages, religion, [F] and the color of our skin
[C] It's a soul [G] within [F] a well _ [G] that echoes deep [F] These egos shelter [C] like [G] an [F] ember star
_ [C] Till the offer [G] of [F] our [C] heart
As the wolves lick [G] their teeth at [F] the sheep in rows
I [C] wanna live the life that Rachel chose All [G] the girls [F] and boys
_ [C] Simply [G] in school [F] _
halls [C] Fighting to [G] fit in
[F] Games we just can't win [C] Higher _ [G] education
[F] Dumbing down a nation [Am] Round the square
I'm sure the war [F] we've been _ in
It [C] has nothing [G] to do [F] with age It's [D] not our [G] languages, religion, [F] and the color of our skin
It's [C] a soul [G] within [F] a well _ [C] that echoes [G] deep [F] These egos shelter like [G] an ember [F] star
Till [C] the offer [G] of [F] our heart
When [C] the wolves rip [G] the fleece from [F] the sheep God knows I wanna [C] live the life that Rachel chose
[Am] Rachel, what so pushed you [F] To put so much on hold?
From [Am] a school hall door To [F] a need for more
From [Am] where we all stayed To [F] where you last laid
[Am] Silently strong in [F] the choices you made It [C] has nothing [G] to do [F] with age
It's [C] not our languages, [G] religion, [F] and the color of our skin
It's [C] a soul [G] within a [F] well that [C] echoes [G] deep [F] Beneath the ego shelter [C] like [G] an ember [C] star
Till the offer [G] of our [F] heart
When [C] the hate tears [D] the hope Where [F] we all, the tree, grows
I wanna live _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ the life that Rachel _ [C] chose
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