Chords for Jackson Browne - Lives in the Balance
Tempo:
139.25 bpm
Chords used:
Em
C
B
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I've been waiting for something to happen for a week or a month or a year.
You're the blood in the ankle to help put the sound of the cry out in my ear.
You might ask what it takes to remember when you know that you've seen it before.
Where a government lies to the people and a country is drifting to war.
[C] There's a [Em] shadow on the faces [C] of the men who [Em] send them guns
[C] to the waters that are [G] fighting places [D] where the business [B] interest runs.
[Em] On the radio, talk shows and the TV, you hear one thing again and again.
How the USA stands for freedom and we come to the aid of a friend.
But who are the ones that we call our friends?
[C] These governments kill [G] with their [B] own [Em] or the people who finally can't take it.
[C] Pick up a gun [B] or a brick or a stone [Em] and their lives in the balance.
[A] There are people under [Em]
fire, [D] there [Em] are children with their cannons,
[D] there [C] is blood on the wire.
[B]
[C]
[G] [B]
[Em]
There's [C] a shadow [Em] on the faces [C] of the men who [Em] send the flames
[C] of the wars that are [G] fighting places [D] we can't even [B] say the names.
[Em] They sell us the president the same way they sell us our clothes and our cars.
They sell us everything from youth to religion, the same time they sell us our wars.
I want to know who the men in the shadows are.
I [C] want to hear somebody asking [B] them why.
They [Em] can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are.
[C] But they're never the ones [B] to fight or to die.
[Em] And their [E] lives in the balance.
People under [Em] fire, [A] there are [Em]
children with their cannons,
[D]
[C] there is blood on the wire.
[B] [Bm]
[C] [A]
[B]
[Em] And their lives in the balance.
People under fire, children with their cannons.
There are
You're the blood in the ankle to help put the sound of the cry out in my ear.
You might ask what it takes to remember when you know that you've seen it before.
Where a government lies to the people and a country is drifting to war.
[C] There's a [Em] shadow on the faces [C] of the men who [Em] send them guns
[C] to the waters that are [G] fighting places [D] where the business [B] interest runs.
[Em] On the radio, talk shows and the TV, you hear one thing again and again.
How the USA stands for freedom and we come to the aid of a friend.
But who are the ones that we call our friends?
[C] These governments kill [G] with their [B] own [Em] or the people who finally can't take it.
[C] Pick up a gun [B] or a brick or a stone [Em] and their lives in the balance.
[A] There are people under [Em]
fire, [D] there [Em] are children with their cannons,
[D] there [C] is blood on the wire.
[B]
[C]
[G] [B]
[Em]
There's [C] a shadow [Em] on the faces [C] of the men who [Em] send the flames
[C] of the wars that are [G] fighting places [D] we can't even [B] say the names.
[Em] They sell us the president the same way they sell us our clothes and our cars.
They sell us everything from youth to religion, the same time they sell us our wars.
I want to know who the men in the shadows are.
I [C] want to hear somebody asking [B] them why.
They [Em] can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are.
[C] But they're never the ones [B] to fight or to die.
[Em] And their [E] lives in the balance.
People under [Em] fire, [A] there are [Em]
children with their cannons,
[D]
[C] there is blood on the wire.
[B] [Bm]
[C] [A]
[B]
[Em] And their lives in the balance.
People under fire, children with their cannons.
There are
Key:
Em
C
B
D
G
Em
C
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've been waiting for something to happen _ for a week or a month or a year. _
_ You're the blood in the ankle to help put the sound of the cry out in my ear.
You might ask what it takes to remember when you know that you've seen it before.
_ Where a government lies to the people _ and a country is drifting to war.
_ [C] There's a _ [Em] shadow on the faces _ [C] of the men who [Em] send them guns
[C] to the waters that are [G] fighting places [D] where the business [B] interest runs.
[Em] On the radio, talk shows and the TV, you hear one thing again and again.
_ How the USA stands for freedom _ and we come to the aid of a friend.
_ _ But who are the ones that we call our friends?
[C] These governments kill [G] with their [B] own _ [Em] or the people who finally can't take it.
_ [C] Pick up a gun [B] or a brick or a stone [Em] and their lives in the balance.
[A] There are people under [Em]
fire, [D] there [Em] are children with their cannons,
_ [D] _ there [C] is blood on the wire.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ There's [C] a _ shadow [Em] on the faces _ [C] of the men who [Em] send the _ flames
[C] of the wars that are [G] fighting places [D] we can't even [B] say the _ names.
[Em] They sell us the president the same way they sell us our clothes and our cars.
_ They sell us everything from youth to religion, the same time they sell us our wars.
I want to know who the men in the shadows are.
I [C] want to hear somebody asking [B] them why.
They [Em] can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are.
[C] But they're never the ones [B] to fight or to die.
[Em] And their [E] lives in the balance. _ _ _ _
People under [Em] fire, _ [A] there are [Em] _
children with their cannons,
[D] _ _
[C] there is blood on the wire. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] And their lives in the balance. _
_ _ People under fire, _ _ _ _ children with their cannons. _
_ There _ are_ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've been waiting for something to happen _ for a week or a month or a year. _
_ You're the blood in the ankle to help put the sound of the cry out in my ear.
You might ask what it takes to remember when you know that you've seen it before.
_ Where a government lies to the people _ and a country is drifting to war.
_ [C] There's a _ [Em] shadow on the faces _ [C] of the men who [Em] send them guns
[C] to the waters that are [G] fighting places [D] where the business [B] interest runs.
[Em] On the radio, talk shows and the TV, you hear one thing again and again.
_ How the USA stands for freedom _ and we come to the aid of a friend.
_ _ But who are the ones that we call our friends?
[C] These governments kill [G] with their [B] own _ [Em] or the people who finally can't take it.
_ [C] Pick up a gun [B] or a brick or a stone [Em] and their lives in the balance.
[A] There are people under [Em]
fire, [D] there [Em] are children with their cannons,
_ [D] _ there [C] is blood on the wire.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ There's [C] a _ shadow [Em] on the faces _ [C] of the men who [Em] send the _ flames
[C] of the wars that are [G] fighting places [D] we can't even [B] say the _ names.
[Em] They sell us the president the same way they sell us our clothes and our cars.
_ They sell us everything from youth to religion, the same time they sell us our wars.
I want to know who the men in the shadows are.
I [C] want to hear somebody asking [B] them why.
They [Em] can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are.
[C] But they're never the ones [B] to fight or to die.
[Em] And their [E] lives in the balance. _ _ _ _
People under [Em] fire, _ [A] there are [Em] _
children with their cannons,
[D] _ _
[C] there is blood on the wire. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] And their lives in the balance. _
_ _ People under fire, _ _ _ _ children with their cannons. _
_ There _ are_ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _