Melissa Etheridge – Testify (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bm7 G D A x2 D D [Verse 1]
D               Cadd9
Morning’s hard, coffee’s cold

   G6                         D
Pretending that the days mean more than getting old

D                       Cadd9
Stale headlines, others drenched in pride

G6                          D
Marching to their drum with fear standing beside

         Bm7                     G6
But if I close my eyes and throw back my head

      D                           A
I can see his face and I hear the words he said

       Bm7                  G6
And my memories ache and my senses burn

       D                       A
Did he dream too late, will we ever learn
[Chorus]
D                 A
I, I want to testify

                        D
My love still lives and breathes

                         A
And my soul is screaming why

                          D
The thoughts won’t let me sleep

                 A
Don’t let hearts break

                        D/F#
And don’t let children cry

                    A
Before it gets too late

             Bm7
I want to testify
G D A [Verse 2]
  D                      Cadd9
I take what’s said as my daily bread

  G6                  D
I turn the page and I turn my head

  D                     Cadd9
I pick, I choose on the evening news

G6                            D
Cause by cause they fight and one by one they lose

       Bm7                   G6
Must I live my days in these concrete ways

         D                       A
Will the fire break through this smokey haze

      Bm7                     G6
And I swear tonight I’m gonna find that place

         D                          A
It’s not the love that dies but the understanding ways
[Chorus]
D                 A
I, I want to testify

                        D
My love still lives and breathes

                         A
And my soul is screaming why

                          D
The thoughts won’t let me sleep

                 A
Don’t let hearts break

                        D/F#
And don’t let children cry

                    A
Before it gets too late

               C
I want to testify
[Bridge]
(C)                       G
Rip through the wire that screens in my window

      D                    Bm
Throw open the shades that cover my mind

    C                       G
I’m going to touch and I’ve got to believe

         A
That the bell tolls for me
[Chorus]
D                 A
I, I want to testify

                        D
My love still lives and breathes

                         A
And my soul is screaming why

                          D
The thoughts won’t let me sleep

                 A
Don’t let hearts break

                        D/F#
And don’t let children cry

                    A
Before it gets too late

             D
I want to testify
[Instrumental Chorus] (D) A D A D A D/F# A [Outro] Bm7 G D A x2 Dsus2