Cm 
Home and done it's just begun 
           D#                       Fm 
His heart weighs more, more than it ever did before 
Cm 
What has he done? God help my son 
      D#                     Fm 
Hey, stay a while, I'll stay up 
Cm 
No sugar is enough to bring sweetness to his cup 
        D#                Fm                    Cm 
I know sorrow tastes the same on any tongue 

Fm 
How was I to feel it 
        Ab 
When a gun was in my hands 
         C#            Ab 
And I'd waited for so long 
Fm 
How was I to see straight 
        Ab 
In the dust and blinding sun 
        C#                   Ab        D# 
Just a pair of boots on the ground 

Cm 
On the screen the young men die 
              D#         Fm 
The children cry in the rubble of their lives 
Cm 
What has he done? God help my son 
      D#                     Fm 
Hey, stay a while, I'll stay up 
     Cm 
The volume pumped right up is not enough to drown it out 
         D#               Fm                    Cm 
I hear "Mama" sounds the same in any tongue 

Fm 
How am I to see you 
         Ab 
When my faith stands in the way 
         C#             Ab 
And the wailing is long done 
Fm 
How am I to know you 
        Ab 
With a joystick in my hand 
          C#              Ab           D# 
When the call to arms has come