Verse 1:
Bm D Gmaj7 Bm7
A broken nation in a broken world
D Gmaj7 Bm7
With broken families in broken homes
D Gmaj7 Bm7
Where broken people with broken hearts
D Gmaj7 Bm7 D D/E Bm D D/E
Have broken children with broken starts [To verse 2]
Verse 2:
Bm D Gmaj7 Bm7
Children begging, children sold
D Gmaj7 Bm7
Children abused from a few years old
D Gmaj7 Bm7
Children working on a rubbish heap
D Gmaj7 Em
Children empty, children weak
G D/F# A
But I see hope, it's in us [To chorus]
Chorus:
G Em Bm G
Be loosed, you chains of wickedness
Em Bm G
Be free you helpless, you oppressed
Em Bm G
Arise O bride come stand as one
Em Bm Dmaj7 Em Bm D G
We are the answer [To verse 3]
Verse 3
Bm D Gmaj7 Bm7
Go to the outcast, give to the poor
D Gmaj7 Bm7
Comfort the widow, the orphan, the torn
D Gmaj7 Bm7
To feed the hungry, be strength to the weak
D Gmaj7 Bm7
Set free the captive, bring hope to the thief
G D/F# A
But I see hope, it's in us [To chorus]
Tag:
Em G D A
We call forth justice, We call forth truth
Em G D
We call forth peace upon our land [Fine]