In Any Tongue

Cm
Home and done it's just begun
           Eb                       Fm
His heart weighs more, more than it ever did before
Cm
What has he done? God help my son
      Eb                     Fm
Hey, stay a while, I'll stay up
Cm
No sugar is enough to bring sweetness to his cup
        Eb                Fm                    Cm
I know sorrow tastes the same on any tongue


[Chorus 1]
Fm
How was I to feel it
        Ab
When a gun was in my hands
         Db            Ab
And I'd waited for so long
Fm
How was I to see straight
        Ab
In the dust and blinding sun
        Db                   Ab        Eb
Just a pair of boots on the ground


[Verse 2]
Cm
On the screen the young men die
              Eb         Fm
The children cry in the rubble of their lives
Cm
What has he done? God help my son
      Eb                     Fm
Hey, stay a while, I'll stay up
     Cm
The volume pumped right up is not enough to drown it out
         Eb               Fm                    Cm
I hear "Mama" sounds the same in any tongue


[Verse 2]
Fm
How am I to see you
         Ab
When my faith stands in the way
         Db             Ab
And the wailing is long done
Fm
How am I to know you
        Ab
With a joystick in my hand
          Db              Ab           Eb
When the call to arms has come