Tom: Gsus intro/refrain: G9/F G9/E So open up your morn-ing light and G9/D G9/C say a little prayer for I. You know that G9/F G9/E if we are to stay alive, then G9/D G9/C see the peace in every eye. G9 Du du du, etc. C6/9 Du du du, etc. verse: G9 She had two babies, C69 /G one was six months, one was three C6/9 in the war of forty four. G9 Every telephone ring, every heartbeat stinging when she Em7 D Cmaj9 thought it was God calling her. Oh, would Em D6 C9 her son grow to know his father? chorus: G9 D(add4)/F# I don't want to wait for our Em11 Dsus lives to be over I C6 G9/B want to know right now, what will it D4/A Dsus be? (repeat) I don't want to wait for our lives to be over Will it be yes, or will it be sorry? G9 Du du du du du C6/9 Du du du du du verse two: G(add2 )C69 /G He showed up all wet on the rainy front step C6/9 wearing shrapnel in his skin. G9 And the war he saw linves inside him still. Em7 D Cmaj9 It's so hard to be gentle and warm. Em D6 C9 The years pass by and now he has granddaughters chorus bridge: G7(add4) Oh, so you look at me from across the room. You're Am9b13 wearing your anguish again. Believe Bb9 me, I know the feeling; it Fsus C9 sucks you into the jaws of anger. G7(add4) Oh, so breath a little more deeply, my love. All we Am9b13 have is this very moment Bb9 and I don't want to do what his father and his father and Fsus G9 his fater did. I want to be here now. intro chorus Du du du's intro end on F9 improv.