Jackson Browne – Standing In The Breach (Guitar)

Am                   F            C        G      C    
Though the earth may tremble, and our foundations crack

Am            F          C                  G
We will all assemble and we will build them back

Am                         F
And rush to save the lives remaining

C     E          Am
Still within our reach

C                    F/C       F              C
Try to put our world together, standing in the breach.

C                              F              C  
So many live in poverty, while others live as kings

C                 Am                                  D          G Aug5                              
And some may find peace in the acceptance of all that living brings

C                               F       D
I will never understand however they’ve prepared 

C                          F/C      C               G
How one life may be struck down and another life be spared

Am                   F            C        G     C      
Though the earth may tremble, and cast our works aside

Am                 F          C              G
Though our efforts resemble, the fluctuating tide

Am                        F
We rise and fall with the trust and belief

      C   E          Am
That love redeems us each

C                             F/C       F               C
And bend our backs and hearts together, standing in the breach.

Am                   F
You don't know why it's such a far cry

C                  G        C
From the world this world could be

Am                 F
You don't know why but you still try

C                         G
For the world you wish to see

Am                  F  
You don't know how, it’ll happen now

      E                Am
After all that's come undone

         F                  Em
But you know the change the world needs now

Dm             G
Is there, in everyone

C
The unpaid debts of history

F                  C
The open wounds of time

 C                     Am        F               Fm6
The laws of human nature always tugging from behind

C
I want to think that the earth can heal

         F                  D
And that people might still learn

C                             F/C
How to meet this world's true challenges

            C                      G
And that the course we're on could turn

Am                        F              C      G         C
And though the earth may tremble and the oceans pitch and rise

Am          F              C              G
We will all assemble and we will lift our eyes

Am                           F
To the tasks that we know lie before us

        C     E           Am
And the power our prayers beseech

    C                 F/C            F               C
And cast our souls into the heavens, standing in the breach

Am                 F
You don't know why it's such a far cry

C                    G           C
From the world, this world could be

Am                     F      
You don't know why, but you still try

C                         G  
For the world you wish to see

Am                      F
You don't know how (it) it’ll happen now

F                E    Am
After all that's come undone

F                                     C            Fm6
And you know the world you're waiting for, may not come

G
No it may not come

Fm6                         C
But you know the change the world needs now

Dm            G
Is there, in everyone