If you have the chance, the song sounds better when A4 is tuned to 452Hz, instead of 440.
[Intro]
D# G# D#
Nothin' really ends
F A#5
For things to stay the same, they have to change again
D# G# D#
Hello, my old friend
F G#
You change your name, but not the ways you play pretend
G# G Cm
American Requiem
G# D# A# G# D# A#
Them big ideas (Yeah), are buried here (Yeah)
G# G F G# D#
Amen
D# G#sus4
[Chorus]
D# D#sus4 G#sus4
It's a lot of talkin' goin' on
D# G#
While I sing my song
D#
Can you hear me?
D# G#
I said, "Do you hear me?"
[Pre-Chorus]
D# F#
Looka there, looka there now
G# D#
Looka there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there (Oh)
G#sus4
Looka-looka, looka there, looka there (Yeah)
[Chorus]
D# G#sus4
It's a lotta chatter in here
D# G#sus4
But let me make myself clear (Oh)
D# D#sus4
Can you hear me? (Huh)
D# D#sus4
Or Do you fear me? (Ow)
[Verse 1]
D# F#
Can we stand for something?
G# D# D#sus4
Now is the time to face the wind (Ow)
D#
Coming in peace and love, y'all
G#sus4 D# D#sus4
Oh, a lot of takin' up space
D# D#sus4
Salty tears beyond my gaze
D#
Can you stand me?
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)
Ooh, ah
D#sus4
Can we stand?
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?
Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)
Can you stand with me?
[Chorus]
D# F#
Can we stand for something?
G# D#
Now is the time to face the wind
Now ain't the time to pretend
Now is the time to let love in
[Bridge]
Thinkin' to myself (Thinkin' to myself)
Oh, it's a lot of talkin' goin' on (Oh)
While I sing my song (Yeah)
Do you hear me when I say?
G#
Do you hear me when I say? Ah
[Pre-Chorus]
D#m F#
Looka there, looka there
G#
Looka, look
Looka-looka-looka-looka-looka
D#m F#
Looka-looka there, looka there
G# D#m
L-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-looka there
F# G#
Oh, looka there, looka there
Looka there, looka there
D# F# G#
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)
L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L
(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)
[Chorus]
D# C#
Can we stand for something?
F# G# D# C# F#
Now is the time to face the wind (Now is the time to face the wind)
G# D# C#
Now ain't the time to pretend
F# G# D# C#
Now is the time to let love in (To let love in)
G#
Together, can we stand?
[Verse 2]
D#
Looka there, looka in my hand
The grandbaby of a moonshine man
Gadsden, Alabama
G#sus4
Got folk down in Galveston, rooted in Louisiana
D#
Used to say I spoke too country
G# D#
And the rejection came, said I wasn't country 'nough
G#
Said I wouldn't saddle up, but
D#
If that ain't country, tell me what is?
Plant my bare feet on solid ground for years
G#/D#
They don't, don't know how hard I had to fight for this
D#
When I sang my song
[Outro]
(When I sang the song of Abraham)
(When the angels guide and take my hand)
G#
(Oh, no)
D#
Goodbye to what has been
G# D# F A#
A pretty house that we never settled in
D#
A funeral for fair-weather friends
G# D# F G# A#
I Am the one to cleanse me of my Father's sins
G# G Cm
American Requiem
G# D# A# C G# D# A#
Them big ideas (Yeah) are buried here (Yeah)
G# D# F G# D#
Amen