Standard Tuning OR Capo 1 OR Capo 2
VERSE 1
Met a little girl, yesterday
Sheâs so poor, doesnât even have a name
But mom and dad, they love her
Just canât her or her brother
Hunger like that, you canât even pray
VERSE 2
Young black man on the streets of Chicago
Mom and Dad are wishing heâd come home
And he could always see their faces,
and he could like an angel,
Two shots ran out so, weâll never know
CHORUS
Iâm singing for hope
Iâm singing for life
Iâm singing for change, tonight
And you can tell me, that
Iâm wasting my time
But someone has to keep hope alive
VERSE 3
Little boy, living on the prairie
Hears a story of when the West was free
And heâs too young to think it, but with one less broken promise,
He thinks â will the world even miss me?
CHORUS
BRIDGE
And what can I do,
From my lucky side?
I can barely write down a song,
But I can take, just one stride,
Put their hands in mine and hold on
CHORUS
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