#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 01:02:04 +0000 From: Ted Saxlid Subject: c/crow_sheryl/redemption_day.crd REDEMPTION DAY by SHERYL CROW from her 2nd album Chords by: Ted Saxlid.I'm not 100% sure on all the chords but it sounds pretty good to me. Capo on 1st fret (chords relative to the capo) The tab for the Am chord throughout the song goes something like this: E B G 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 D 0 h 2 0 h 2 A 0 0 E Riff 1: E B G D A 0 2 3 5 3 0 E Verse 1: Am I've wept for those who suffer long But how I weep for those who've gone Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong Dsus4 But keep on killing Verse 2: Am It's in the soul to feel such things But weak to watch without speaking Oh what mercy sadness brings Dsus4 Am If God be willing (Riff 1) Chorus: Am/B C There is a train that's heading straight C/B Am Am/B C To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate C/B C And on the way, child and man C/B Am Am/B D And woman wait, watch and wait Am For redemption day Verse 3: Am The fire rages in the streets And swallows everything it meets It's just an image often seen Dsus4 On television Verse 4: Am Come leaders, come you men of great Let us hear you pontificate Your many virtues laid to waste Dsus4 Riff 1 And we aren't listening Verse 5: (Different) Am Dsus4 C Am What do you have for us today Am Dsus4 C Am Throw us a bone but saw the plate Am Dsus4 C Am Oh why we waited til so late Am Dsus4 Was there no oil to excavate No riches in trade for the fate Of every person who died in hate C Am Throw us a bone, you men of great Chorus: Am/B C There is a train that's heading straight C/B Am Am/B C To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate C/B C And on the way, child and man C/B Am C Dsus4 And woman wait, watch and wait Am Riff 1 For redemption day Verse 6: Am C Dsus4 Am It's buried in the countryside Am C Dsus4 Exploding in the shells of night Am It's everywhere a baby cries Dsus4 Am Dsus4 Am Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom Ends on Am