G         Bm            Cadd9         G 
Why do we sit down when all should be standing?         
    G         Bm               Cadd9    G 
And why do we back down at the critical moment?         
     Em       D            Cadd9        G 
Like running away from the waves of the ocean 
   Em           D              Cadd9        G 
We head for the hills with the high tide approaching 
   Am          Bm           Cadd9 D        
As sand slips away from the castle. 

          G             Bm            Cadd9     G 
When it's time to stand upright, then why do we falter? 
     G           Bm             Cadd9       G 
Like placing our freedom on the sacrificial altar 
        Em           D           Cadd9       G 
We hold tight to our fears and defend our oppressors 
      Em              D          Cadd9         G 
As we fight for their lies and become the transgressors 
   Am               Bm               Cadd9 D        
As pacifists transform to violent aggressors. 

    G          D                        Em                     Cadd9 
But I'm only a stranger here, and I'm a long, long way from my home, 
         G                          D 
And they say I can't change all the things I find strange,  
    Em                   Cadd9 
For what can one man do alone? 
       Em           D       Cadd9 
I say, what can one man do alone? 

G           Bm            Cadd9        G 
When is the right time to stand up for freedom? 
         G           Bm            Cadd9    G 
Could it be when you start to fear creating children 
         Em        D            Cadd9        G 
Who'll inherit the pain and the debt of this nation 
       Em            D                Cadd9   G 
And be slaves to the banks that cause hyperinflation 
        Am                   Bm                 Cadd9   D 
Who are masters of commerce, lies, and bad legislation? Woah! 

       G             Bm        Cadd9          G 
If you looked in the eyes of a thousand young children 
        G         Bm            Cadd9       G 
Through fences of razors, their innocence stolen 
       Em           D      Cadd9        G 
As the red flag of tyranny flies in the open 
   Am               Bm      Cadd9   D 
Is that when you'll finally notice? Woah, wo-o-oah! 

    G          D                    Em                     Cadd9 
But I'm only a stranger here, I'm a long, long way from my home 
         G                          D 
And they say I can't change all the things I find strange, 
    Em                   Cadd9 
For what can one man do alone? 
     Em           D       Cadd9 
Yes, what can one man do alone? 

    Am              Bm                     Cadd9               G  D 
I'm only a stranger looking to find better nature in my fellow man 
         Bm                     Cadd9                      Em            D          Cadd9 
But they keep telling me it's a sin to be free, and that's more than I'm willing to stand 

G              Bm          Cadd9    G 
Where will you be when the order is given 
   G           Bm           Cadd9        G 
To censor your mind as free speech is forbidden 
   Em          D              Cadd9         G 
As martyrs for peace from the world will be driven 
 Em         D          Cadd9     G 
Away by the sound of a bellowing thunder 
    Am                Bm                Cadd9   D 
And choke on the blood of a dream going under 

   G        Bm          Cadd9     G 
As arrogant men tear up our constitution 
         G       Bm         Cadd9   G 
And from ev'ry direction we cry revolution 
Em         D          Cadd9      G 
Standing together and without permission 
Em           D            Cadd9     G 
Soldiers for Truth in the War of Attrition 
    Am                Bm           Cadd9   D 
The love of our country as our ammunition? Woah, wo-o-oah! 

    G          D                    Em                     Cadd9 
But I'm only a stranger here, I'm a long, long way from my home 
        G                       D 
And I'm going to change all the things I find strange 
    Em                Cadd9 
For I am not one man alone 

G              D               Em                     Cadd9 
Yes I'm only a stranger, I'm a long, long way from my home 
        G                       D 
And I'm going to change all the things I find strange 
    Em                   Cadd9 
For I know that I'm not alone 
    Em      D        Cadd9 
Yes I know, I'm not alone 
     G 
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