Abraham

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[Verse 1]
  F   C
O Abraham
            F       G       C
How far the mighty, we have fallen
      F                C
How I pray you hear me calling
       Dm         G
In the hour of despair
                C
In the promised land
            F       G        C
Where every promise has been broken
          F                 C
And every vote feels like a token
      Dm        G      C
For a ride that goes nowhere


[Chorus]
        G
So rise up
     C
Rise up
     G
Rise up


[Verse 2]
                C
O the words you spoke
     F        G       C
Of a far more perfect union
         F               C
Reaching out to the disillusioned
      Dm               G
Still set our souls to sing
            C
But what of hope
               F            G     C
And we need it now more than ever
           F             C
And I keep listening for feathers
               Dm      G        C
But I hear the flap of leathery wings


[Chorus]
        G
So rise up
     C
Rise up
              F      G      C
We've more in common than divides us
       F        G      C
But we need someone to guide us
            G              E7               Am
Through the sorrow and the shadows we have sown
  F   C
O Abraham
        G                C
Rise up from your marble throne


[Instrumental]
C  C7  F  C    C7  F  C    C7  F  C    C7  F  G


[Verse 3]
      C
O Abraham
       F    G       C
Gazing out over the fountain
        F           C
Sitting silent as a mountain
       Dm            G
Say it wasn't all in vain
              C
Though I understand
            F        G          C
Why another wise man won't come forward
             F             C
When all the others were rewarded
       Dm     G      C
With a bullet in the brain


[Chorus]
        G
So rise up
     C
Rise up
     G
Rise up
     C
Rise up
     Em
Rise up
     F
Rise up
   C
Rise
  E  Am
Rise up
      G       F      G      C
We've more in common than divides us
       F        G      C
But we need someone to guide us
          G             E7           Am
For we've never felt so lost and so alone
  F   C
O Abraham
        G                C       F
Rise up from your marble throne
      C
O Abraham
     G        C
Rise up, rise up