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NEWSBOYS
Elle G
Transcribed by:Peach@arn.net



Dm              C                 F
Thumbs out on a desert road, I am told
      Am7
leads to nowhere
Dm              C
Any shade is as good as the next
        F              Am7
if your shadow doesn't go there
Em                  F
Week seven: did you really assume
    Am                        G
I'd find some solace from the letter in your room?
Em                   F
Next life, could you kindly refrain
     Am                       G
from throwing yourself at the mercy of a train?

Am         F        G
Silence all, nobody breathe
                C                F
how in the world could you just leave
                  Bb
You promised you would
Fsus4                  F
silence that evil with good
Am         F            G
Hear me out, I have the floor
                 C                  F
I'll give you my tears, I'll listen more
                  Bb
You promised you would
Fsus4              F
overcome evil with good

Dm                    C
Maybe this world is a barren place
       F            Am7
for a soul prone to get lost
    Dm                           C
But heaven still hounds from the smallest sounds
        F            Am7
to the cries of the storm-tossed
Em              F
Week nine: I am writing in the sand
Am                      G
any small clue that can help me understand
Em                      F
Every whispered secret, every muffled sigh
Am                        G
every half-truth that was added to a lie

Am       F          G
Silence all, nobody move
                 C                     F
I've got to know now what you hoped to prove
                  Bb
You promised you would
Fsus4                  F
silence that evil with good
Am          F                    G
Shame feeds guilt, guilt needs release
               C                   F
you took it to God, you made your peace
                    Bb
and swore that you would
Fsus4              F
overcome evil with good

Em                F
Every old demon playing back the crime
Am                               G
if they needed blood, I'd have gladly given mine
  Em                    F
A child of the Kingdom, still an invalid
   Am                            G
forgive her, please, Father, she don't know what she did

Am         F            G
Silence all, now go to sleep
             C                  F
the water is free, the well is deep
             Bb
How can we return
Fsus4                     F
that which we never could earn?
Am      F               G
God, I long to see her face
              C                 F
we haven't a hope beyond Your grace
                 Bb
I know that You will
Fsus4        F
overcome evil
     Dm
for good