Chorus:
Am G7 Am
One less heartbeat sounding in the land of the free
Am G E
One less pair of ears to hear, or pair of eyes to see
Am F C
One less voice to tell the world the madness should end
E Am
One less sister, brother, friend
Am G7 Am
He traded scrubs for gloves and cap to ward off the cold
Am G E
He reached out for the fallen one who lay in the street
Am F C
He raised a hand in peace to put the onslaught on hold
E Am
Fall, kernel of wheat
Am G7. Am
She left to warm her frozen car so children could ride
Am G E
In comfort to their schoolroom as the sun raised its eye
Am F C
They took her off right there and left her babies inside
E Am
No time for goodbye
Am G7 Am
She watched as armed men rushed on her, with clubs, guns and gas
Am G E
“I am not mad at you, my friends,” a mother’s appeal
Am F C
She fled the brewing bedlam but was cut down so fast
E Am
Blood, blood on the wheel
Bridge:
G Am
What do you profit if you gain all the world
G Am
And in the process lose your precious soul
F C
Slain ev’ry prophet, into the sea their ashes hurled
E
A million dead but no nearer your goal
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