Weeping by the Soweto String Quartet (ft. Vusi Mahlasela) Chords

_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I _ _ _ knew a man who lived in fear.
It was huge, it was [D] angry, it was [E] drawing near.
[A] Behind his house, a secret [E] place,
was [A] the shadow [D] of the demon he could [E] never face.
[E] He built [A] a wall [D] of steel [A] and flame,
[D] and met [E] with gods [A] to keep it tame.
And standing back, he made [E] it plain
that [A] the nightmare [D] would never ever rise [A] again.
But the fear [D] and the fire [A] and the blunts remained.
[D] It [A] doesn't matter [E] now, it's [A] over [D] anyhow.
It [A] tells the world by its sleepy [D] pain.
[A] But as the night [E] came round, I [A] heard its lonely [D] sound.
It [A] was roaring, [E] it was _ [A] weeping.
[D] It [E] was roaring, [A] it was _ _ [Bm] weeping.
_ [A] _ [E] Oh, [A] what _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ [E] is [A] the end?
_ _ _ _ _ And then one day, the neighbors came.
They were [D] curious to know about this wall [A] and flame.
They stood around outside the [E] wall.
But [A] of course, [D] there was nothing to be heard [A] at all.
[B] My friends, we said, [D] we'd get [A] out of [D] the threat.
[E] It's under [A] their control.
As long [B] as peace [A] can hold [E] the reign,
I'll [A] be damned if [D] I can see a reason to [A] explain
[A] why the fear [D] and the fire [A] and the blunts remain.
[D] It [A] doesn't matter [E] now, it's [A] over [D] anyhow.
It [A] tells the world [E] by its [A] sleepy pain.
[D] _
[A] But as the night [E] came round, I [A] heard its lonely [D] sound.
It [A] was roaring, [E] it was [A] weeping.
_ [D] It [A] was roaring, [E] it was [A] weeping. _ [D] It's_
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ It's clear, it's [E] clear, it's clear.
_ [A] It's [D] clear, [E] it's clear, it's clear.
_ [A] _ [D] It's clear, it's [A] clear, [E] it's clear.
[A] It's [D] clear, [E] it's clear, it's clear.
_ [A] _ _ [D] It [A] doesn't matter [E] now, it's [A] over [D] anyhow.
It [E] tells the world by its [A] sleepy [D] pain.
[A] But as the night [E] came round, I heard its lonely [D] sound.
It [B] was roaring, [E] it was weeping.
[A] _ _ [D] It [E] was roaring, it was [A] weeping.
_ [D] _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] It [B] was roaring, [E] it was [A] weeping.
_ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] It [B] was loving [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] you, [A] _ _ [D] it [E] was loving you, it [A] _ [D] was loving you.
It [E] was loving you, [A] _ _ [D] it [A] was loving you, it was loving you.
[D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] It [E] was loving you, [A] it was loving you, [D] it was loving you. _