BOUND
Intro: Ab Db Ab Db (pick) Ab Db They all came down to the station Ab Db When I got back home Ab Db Distant lovers and relations Ab Db7 My the years have flown Cm Gb Ab Db Hello hugs and tear stained kisses . . .of every girl I ever knew Cm Gb Ab Ab Some close calls and some near misses . . .all so hopelessly untrue Db Gb Ab We are bound like raindrops on the river Db Gb Ab We are bound like big trees on the ground Ab Gb Like mountains rolling on forever Ab Db Cm Gb Gb Db Cm Gb We are bound . . .We are bound Ab Db Brought the prisoner to the courthouse Ab Db A young man shaking in his cuffs Ab Db The DA could not find a witness Ab Db7 The judge he said he’d seen enough Cm Gb Ab Db Weeping mothers heartsick lovers The way to get back what’s been lost Cm Gb Ab Ab Good or bad he’s still our brother. We all bear his rugged cross Db Gb Ab We are bound like raindrops on the river Db Gb Ab We are bound like big trees on the ground Ab Gb Like birds of a feather fly together Ab Db Cm Gb Gb Db Cm Gb We are bound . . .We are bound Ab Db Love one another like the good book says Ab Db Or is it just a crumbling page Ab Db There’s no road but you can get there Db Db Cm Gb Db Cm Gb Ten thousand ways . . . . . . . . . . . Ten thousand ways Ab Db Poor boys sleeping on park benches Ab Db Rich boys ride in limousines Ab Db Soldiers lying in dark trenches Ab Db7 Young girls dancing with their dreams Cm Gb Ab Db Sunday morning bells are ringing, thunder all across the land Cm Gb Ab Ab On the back streets children singing, in a circle made of hands Db Gb Ab We are bound like raindrops on the river Db Gb Ab We are bound like big trees on the ground Ab Gb Like strangers caught in stormy weather Ab Db Cm/F# Gb Gb We are bound . . .We are bound Db Cm/F# Gb Gb Ab Db We are bound Words and music by Robert Hazard © 2007 Heroic Music (ASCAP) |