Indigo Girls - Let It Be Me

      [Intro]
G  C  G  A  C  D

[Verse 1]
G          C       G      A
Sticks and stones, Battle zones
C                               Am7             D
A single light bulb on a single thread for the black
G      C     G       A/E
Sirens wail, History fails
C                            Am7       D
Rose-colored glass begins to age and crack

[Prechorus 1]
          Em7                        C
While the politicians shadowbox the power ring
      Em7                       C
In an endless split decision never solve anything
       G           Fmaj    C
From a neighbor's distant land
            Am7                   D
I heard the strain of the common man

[Chorus]
          G  Fmaj              C       D
Let it be me   (this is not a fighting song)
          G  Fmaj     C           D
Let it be me  (not a wrong for a wrong)
          G  Fmaj
Let it be me
C          D       Em   B   Em  D  C
  If the world is night
Am7                       G  C  G  A   C C   D
   Shine my life like a light

[Verse 2]
G                    C      G                 A
Well the world seems spent, And the president
C                          Am7             D
Has no good idea o who the masses are
     G          C             G     A/E
Well I'm one of them, And I'm among friends
                C                            Am7      D
We're trying to see beyond the fences in our own backyards

[Prechorus 2]
              Em7                        C
I've seen the kingdoms blow like ashes in the winds of change
        Em7                   C
But the power of truth is the fuel for the flame
       G           Fmaj    C           Am7            D
So the darker the ages get, There's a stronger beacon yet

[Chorus]
          G  Fmaj              C       D
Let it be me   (this is not a fighting song)
          G  Fmaj     C           D
Let it be me  (not a wrong for a wrong)
          G  Fmaj
Let it be me
C          D       Em   B   Em  D  C
  If the world is night
Am7                       G  C  G  A   C C   D
   Shine my life like a light

[Bridge]
G                       A
 In the kind word you speak
C                   D
 In the turn of the cheek
G                       A
 When your vision stays clear
C                     D
 In the face of your fear

[Prechorus 3]
              Em7                        C
Then you see turning out a light switch is their only power
        Em7                        C
When we stand like spotlights in a mighty tower
         G      Fmaj    C           Am7            D
All for one and one for all, Then we sing the common call


[Chorus]
          G  Fmaj              C       D
Let it be me   (this is not a fighting song)
          G  Fmaj     C           D
Let it be me  (not a wrong for a wrong)
          G  Fmaj
Let it be me
C          D       Em   B   Em  D  C
  If the world is night
Am7                       G  C  G  A   C C   D
   Shine my life like a light