None of them
If you have the chance, the song sounds better when A4 is tuned to 452Hz, instead of 440.
Intro
Eb Ab Eb
Nothin' really ends
F Bb5
For things to stay the same, they have to change again
Eb Ab Eb
Hello, my old friend
F Ab
You change your name, but not the ways you play pretend
Ab G Cm
American Requiem
Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb Bb
Them big ideas (Yeah), are buried here (Yeah)
Ab G F Ab Eb
Amen
Eb Absus4
Chorus
Eb Ebsus4 Absus4
It's a lot of talkin' goin' on
Eb Ab
While I sing my song
Eb
Can you hear me?
Eb Ab
I said, "Do you hear me?"
Pre-Chorus
Eb Gb
Looka there, looka there now
Ab Eb
Looka there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there (Oh)
Absus4
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there (Yeah)
Chorus
Eb Absus4
It's a lotta chatter in here
Eb Absus4
But let me make myself clear (Oh)
Eb Ebsus4
Can you hear me? (Huh)
Eb Ebsus4
Or do you fear me? (Ow)
Verse 1
Eb Gb
Can we stand for something?
Ab Eb Ebsus4
Now is the time to face the wind (Ow)
Eb
Coming in peace and love, y'all
Absus4 Eb Ebsus4
Oh, a lot of takin' up space
Eb Ebsus4
Salty tears beyond my gaze
Eb
Can you stand me?
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)
Ooh, ah
Ebsus4
Can we stand?
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?
Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)
Can you stand with me?
Chorus
Eb Gb
Can we stand for something?
Ab Eb
Now is the time to face the wind
Now ain't the time to pretend
Now is the time to let love in
Bridge
Thinkin' to myself (Thinkin' to myself)
Oh, it's a lot of talkin' goin' on (Oh)
While I sing my song (Yeah)
Do you hear me when I say?
Ab
Do you hear me when I say? Ah
Pre-Chorus
Ebm Gb
Looka there, looka there
Ab
Looka, look
Looka-looka-looka-looka-looka
Ebm Gb
Looka-looka there, looka there
Ab Ebm
L-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-looka there
Gb Ab
Oh, looka there, looka there
Looka there, looka there
Eb Gb Ab
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)
L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)
Chorus
Eb Db
Can we stand for something?
Gb Ab Eb Db Gb
Now is the time to face the wind (Now is the time to face the wind)
Ab Eb Db
Now ain't the time to pretend
Gb Ab Eb Db
Now is the time to let love in (To let love in)
Ab
Together, can we stand?
Verse 2
Eb
Looka there, looka in my hand
The grandbaby of a moonshine man
Gadsden, Alabama
Absus4
Got folk down in Galveston, rooted in Louisiana
Eb
Used to say I spoke too country
Ab Eb
And the rejection came, said I wasn't country 'nough
Ab
Said I wouldn't saddle up, but
Eb
If that ain't country, tell me what is?
Plant my bare feet on solid ground for years
Ab/Eb
They don't, don't know how hard I had to fight for this
Eb
When I sang my song
Outro
(When I sang the song of Abraham)
(When the angels guide and take my hand)
Ab
(Oh, no)
Eb
Goodbye to what has been
Ab Eb F Bb
A pretty house that we never settled in
Eb
A funeral for fair-weather friends
Ab Eb F Ab Bb
I am the one to cleanse me of my Father's sins
Ab G Cm
American Requiem
Ab Eb Bb C Ab Eb Bb
Them big ideas (Yeah) are buried here (Yeah)
Ab Eb F Ab Eb
Amen
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