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Citizens by Jon Guerra
Citizens
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:1st fret
[Verse 1]
G D G
I have a heart full of questions
D Em
quieting all my suggestions
G/B C
what is the meaning of Christian
D G
in this american life?
G D G
I’m feeling awfully foolish
D Em
spending my life on a message
G/B C
I look around and I wonder
D G
ever If I heard it right
[Pre-Chorus]
G C G
coming to You cuz I’m confused
Em D
coming to You cuz I feel used
C G
coming to weep while I’m waiting
C G
tell me You won’t make me go
[Chorus]
Em D
I need to know there is justice
C G
That it will roll in abundance
C G
And that You’re building a city
G D
Where we arrive as immigrants
Em G/B
You call us citizens
C D G
And welcome us as children home
[Verse 2]
G D G
You were alone and rejected
D Em
Misunderstood and detested
G/B C
You gave it all, didn’t hold back
D G
You even gave up Your life
G D G
How can we call ourselves Christians
D Em
Saying that love is a tension
G/B C
Between the call of the cross and
D G
Between the old party line
[Pre-Chorus]
G C G
Coming to You for the mothers
Em D
Who are all running for cover
C G
There is a flood from their weeping
C G
Tell me You won’t make them go
[Chorus]
Em D
I need to know there is justice
C G
That it will roll in abundance
C G
And that You’re building a city
G D
Where we arrive as immigrants
Em G/B
You call us citizens
C D G
And welcome us as children home
[Verse 3]
G D G
There is a man with a family
D Em
He has a wife and a baby
G/B C
He broke the law just to save them
D G
Working for 3 bucks an hr.
G D G
Truly You said we were equal
D Em
Everyone’s heart is deceitful
G/B C
Everyone born is illegal
D G
When love is the law of the land
[Pre-Chorus]
G C G
Coming to You for the hungry
Em D
Eating the scraps of this country
C G
Didn’t You swear You would feed them
C G
Tell me You won’t make them go
[Chorus]
Em D
I need to know there is justice
C G
That it will roll in abundance
C G
And that You’re building a city
G D
Where we arrive as immigrants
Em G/B
You call us citizens
C D G
And welcome us as children home
[Verse 4]
G D G
There is a wolf who is ranting
D Em
All of the sheep they are clapping
G/B C
Promising power and protection
D G
Claiming the Christ who was killed
G D G
Killed by a common consensus
D Em
Everyone screaming Barabas
G/B C
Trading their God for a hero
D G
Forfeiting heaven for Rome
[Pre-Chorus]
G C G
Coming to You cuz I’m angry
Em D
Coming to You cuz I’m guilty
C G
Coming to You cuz You’ve promised
C G
To leave the flock for the one
[Chorus]
Em D
I need to know there is justice
C G
That it will roll in abundance
C G
And that You’re building a city
G D
Where we arrive as immigrants
Em G/B
You call us citizens
C D G
And welcome us as children home
G D
Where we arrive as immigrants
Em G/B
You call us citizens
C D G
And welcome us as children home
[Verse 5]
G D G
Is there a way to love always?
D Em
Living in enemy hallways
G/B C
Don’t know my foes from my friends and
D G
Don’t know my friends anymore
G D G
Power has several prizes
D Em
Handcuffs can come in all sizes
G/B C
Love has a million disguises
D G
But winning is simply not one
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