Tom: F

F             C/E
so open up your morning light
     Dm            C
and say a little prayer for I
               F           C/E
you know that if we are to stay alive
     Dm                C
and see the peace in every I


G        G        C        C      x2   

G
she had two babies

one was six months one was three
C
in the war of '44
G
every telephone ring

every heartbeat stinging
           Em            D           C
when she thought it was God calling her
    Em             D                C
oh would her son grow to know his father


G                    D/F#
i don't want to wait
          Em         D
for our lives to be over
   C                 G/B
i want to know right now
      Am
what will it be
G                    D/F#
i don't want to wait
          Em         D
for our lives to be over
     C             G/B        Am
will it be yes or will it be sorry


G        G        C        C      x2   

G
He showed up all wet

on the rainy front step
C
wearing shrapnel in his skin
G
and the war he saw

lives inside him still
         Em          D          C
it's so hard to be gentle and warm
     Em                  D  
the years passed by and now
                C
he has a granddaughter

Chorus


G
Oh so you look at me

from across the room

you're wearing your anguish again

believe i know the feeling

it sucks you into the jaws of anger

oh, so breathe a little more deeply my love

all we have is the very moment

and i don't want to do what

his father and his father and his father did

i want to be here now

so open up your morning light

and say a little prayer for I

you know that if we are to stay alive

and see the peace in every I

Chorus x2
G        G        C        C      x2   

F             C/E
so open up your morning light
     Dm            C
and say a little prayer for I
               F           C/E
you know that if we are to stay alive
     Dm                C
and see the love in every I