Jackson Browne – Where Were You (Guitar)

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Where were you when the sky cracked open

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Waiting for shelter and barely coping

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Thinking you could ride the storm out

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Hoping you would be all right

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Where were you when they gave a warning

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Hundred-fifty mile winds by morning

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Category four making landfall in the wild gray light

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Where were you

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Where were you

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Where were you in the social order

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Lower nine or a hotel in the Quarter

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Which side of the Quarter between rich and poor...

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Where were you gonna evacuate to

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Assuming there was any way to

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Where if you didn't own a car...

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Where were you

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Where were you

D
Where were you when you understood

E
However decent, however good

A                        B
However hard some people try

                 D
They only barely make it by

                     E
They're born to live their entire lives

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In harm's way

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Where were you when you heard the stranded

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The injured and the empty-handed

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Running out of food and water at the Superdome

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The newborn and the elderly

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Exposed to even more misery

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While those in charge of rescue

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Waited for the Guard to come

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And those who left the Convention Center

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Were stopped on the bridge when they tried to enter

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The safety of the Westbank and higher ground...

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And when the Guard finally did arrive

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And got to work on about day five

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Mainly they were used to keep the looting down...

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Where were you

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Where were you

D
Where were you when you realized

E
However strong, however wise

A                          B
However true our leaders appear to be

                    D
They talk about prosperity

         E
However hard this country strives

     A                  B
When property is valued more than lives

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How strong will we ever really be

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How strong will we ever be

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How long do we imagine we'll be free

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How long do we imagine we'll be free

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We hold the truth self evident

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The photograph of the President

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From Air Force One he viewed the devastation

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Shaved face and rested eyes

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Looking down he circles twice

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On the way home from his vacation

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Where were you

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When you got the picture

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Where were you

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Where were you when the streets filled up with black water

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Where were you when defeat and destruction reigned in the Crescent

A                            B
 Where were you when it blew from every direction

D                          E
 Where were you when the promise was made

A
To retrurn and rebuild

B                       D
 To restore to its people

                               E
The city that gave us the first American music

    A                B
The true inspiration and the freedom to use it

D                       E
 Where will we find it again if we lose it

A
And where will we be

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 If we ever cease to love

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If we ever cease to love

                 D
If we ever cease to love

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If we ever cease to love