Johnny Cash – Redemption Day chords

Artist: Johnny Cash
Song: Redemption Day
Album: American Recordings VI: Ain't No Grave

***CAPO 1***

INTRO: Am


AmI've wept for those who suffer long
AmBut how I weep for those who've gone
AmIn rooms of grief and questioned wrong
Am          D       AmBut keep on killing


AmIt's in the soul to feel such things
AmBut weak to watch without speaking
AmOh, what mercy sadness brings
Am        D        AmIf God be willing


CHORUS:

Am         CThere is a train that's heading straight
C           Am   F            CTo Heaven's gate, to Heaven's gate
CAnd on the way child and man
C         Am  F           DAnd woman wait, watch and wait
D              AmFor redemption day


(Verses same as before)

Fire rages in the streets
And swallows everything it meets
It's just an image often seen
On television

Come leaders, come ye men of great
Let us hear you pontificate
Your many virtues laid to waste
And we aren't listening


(Repeat Chorus)


BRIDGE:

D           C                FWhat do you have for us today
D          C                 AmThrow us a bone but save the plate
D         C                 FOn why we waited till so late
F                        DWas there no oil to excavate
D                          FNo riches in trade for the fate
F                           DOf every person who died in hate
D                           AmThrow us a bone, you men of great


(Repeat Chorus)

D           C             FIt's buried in the countryside
D         C                AmExploding in the shells at night
D         C            FIt's everywhere a baby cries
F         D  F         D  AmFreedom......Freedom......Freedom