Johnny Cash - Redemption Day

artist : johnny cash
song : redemption day
album : american recordings vi : ain’t no grave

* * * capo 1 * * *

intro : Am

Am
i’ve wept for those who suffer long
Am
but how i weep for those who’ve gone
Am
in rooms of grief and questioned wrong
Am D Am
but keep on killing

Am
it’s in the soul to feel such things
Am
but weak to watch without speaking
Am
oh , what mercy sadness brings
Am D Am
if god be willing

chorus :

Am C
there is a train that’s heading straight
C Am F C
to heaven’s gate , to heaven’s gate
C
and on the way child and man
C Am F D
and woman wait , watch and wait
D Am
for redemption day

( verses same as before )

fire rages in the streets
and swallows everything it meets
it’s just an image often seen
on television

come leaders , come ye men of great
let us hear you pontificate
your many virtues laid to waste
and we aren’t listening

( repeat chorus )

bridge :

D C F
what do you have for us today
D C Am
throw us a bone but save the plate
D C F
on why we waited till so late
F D
was there no oil to excavate
D F
no riches in trade for the fate
F D
of every person who died in hate
D Am
throw us a bone , you men of great

( repeat chorus )

D C F
it’s buried in the countryside
D C Am
exploding in the shells at night
D C F
it’s everywhere a baby cries
F D F D Am
freedom . . . . . . freedom . . . . . . freedom