John Hiatt – Lift Up Every Stone (Guitar)

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(song begins with chorus) CHORUS:
          F#m
You gotta lift up every stone now sister

      E               B
Gotta lift up every stone now sister

      F#m
Gotta lift up every stone now sister

      A          E         B           F#m
Gotta clear this field and build that wall 

           F#m
He was the prince of the county to the manor born

    E                       B
The sheets were bloody and dirty and torn

  F#m
Nobody saw nothing, not out this way

         A        E               B        F#m
And they probably won't until the judgment day
CHORUS X1
            F#m
There was a mighty whispering down at the church

          E                      B        
About the son of the father of a woman got hurt

          F#m
They were looking all over for somebody to pay

           A          E          B     F#m
And that's you and me sister now every day
CHORUS X1 BRIDGE:
         A
Now the sun is bloody red

              E                   F#m
And when it's gone somebody'll be dead

          A              E
Don't you cry a tear for me

          B                C#
Because I did what I could just to be free yeah
Solo section: |: F#m / / / | A / E / | B / F#m / :| X4 (last verse uses muffled/muted strum chords until last line, where full chords are played)
          F#m
You gotta lift up every stone now sister

       E                        B         F#m
'cause one is the truth and the other's a lie

          F#m
You gotta lift up every stone now sister

           A             E       B        F#m
'till they tear down the wall to make you cry
CHORUS X2
         A          E         B           F#m
We gotta clear this field and build that wall

         A          E         B           F#m
We gotta...