Joe Cocker – Let The Healing Begin (Guitar)

Am                            F
I've kept it inside much too long

              Am
there's no relief

Am                             F
carried it around just like a stone

              Am
too heavy for me

F
I have paid the price for standing

G               Em     Dm
on the outside looking in

F                    G        Am
it's time to let the healing begin

Am                                       F
a boy is strung out, he's going through hell

            Am
his mother weeps

Am                                        F
his spirit is broken and there's nothing left

                 Am
just a terrible need

F                       G                         F
and the days are marked, by the heaviness of the heart

Em        Dm      F         G       Am
it never mends, until the healing begins

C                 G                         C
and the tension prowls the street like an animal

C                 G                       C
the people stay behind their locks and chains

         F
it's a shame

G                             Am       Em     Dm
when so many are trying their best to live as one

F                              G           Am
and the smoke from the fires covers up the sun

Am                            F
a young girl is lying in the dirt

                  Am
her dreams ended there

Am                                     F
caught in the crossfire on somebody's turf

              Am
hatred in the air

F                        G
it' a voice that never sings

F                      G
a winter without the spring

         Em/Dm
it never ends

F                    G         Am       Em  Dm
it's time to let the healing begin

F                    G         Am
it's time to let the healing begin