Brandi Carlile – Sinners Saints And Fools (Guitar)

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As recorded by Brandi Carlile (From the 2021 Album IN THESE SILENT DAYS) For easier chord fingerings put a capo at 3rd fret and transpose -3 steps. [Intro] Cm Gm Fm Cm [Verse 1]
Cm                                                    Gm
Where the winds of change were blowin', there lived a God-fearing man

       Fm                    Bb          Cm
He was turning through his Bible when he came up with a plan

                         Gm
He painted up a sign and held it high above his head

         Fm              Bb     Cm                   Bb
Waved it proudly in the air and this is what it read
[Chorus]
Eb                  Fm
You can't break the law

          Cm
There are reasons for the rules

     Fm                        Bb
They keep things safe here for everyone

    Cm                        Bb
The Sinners, Saints, and Fools

    Eb               Fm
The poor and huddled masses

        Cm
Who are hungry and afraid

          Fm           Bb
You gotta do it by the book and there'll be

Cm
No exceptions made
[Verse 2]
Cm                                      Gm
To the weary, desperate souls who washed up on the sand

             Fm                Bb             Cm
He said, "We haven't seen your paperwork" and he withdrew his hand

                                         Gm
You know he never felt any safer, or the peace he hoped he'd find

       Fm               Bb       Cm                     Bb
And up until the day he died, he never changed his mind
[Chorus]
Eb                  Fm
You can't break the law

          Cm
There are reasons for the rules

     Fm                        Bb
They keep things safe here for everyone

    Cm                        Bb
The Sinners, Saints, and Fools

    Eb               Fm
The poor and huddled masses

        Cm
Who are hungry and afraid

          Fm           Bb
You gotta do it by the book and there'll be

Cm                   N.C.
No exceptions made
[Interlude] Gm Fm Cm Gm Fm Cm N.C. [Verse 3]
Cm                                      Gm
By the time he got to Heaven, it was surrounded by a wall

    Fm                       Bb          Cm
The pearly gates were locked up tight by golden chains and all

                                              Gm
They said, "We cannot let just anyone walk in here anymore

           Fm                  Bb            Cm                    N.C.
You didn't do it by the book," and then they pointed to the floor
[Chorus]
Eb                  Fm
You can't break the law

          Cm
There are reasons for the rules

     Fm                        Bb
They keep things safe here for everyone

    Cm                        Bb
You Sinners, Saints, and Fools

    Eb               Fm
The poor and huddled masses

        Cm
Who are hungry and afraid

          Fm           Bb
You gotta do it by the book and there'll be

Cm                   N.C.
No exceptions made
[Outro]
Cm     Gm  Fm  Cm
    Nooo
Gm Fm Cm Fm Cm Fm Ebm