Stand

by @dr_griff

Stand
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Liner Notes

#folk #filk #singersongwriter #protest

Believe it or not, a song from "Dear Evan Hansen" gave me the approximate beat pattern for this, and that's what took me the longest to figure out how to do on my guitar. Also, this is still very much a WIP. I want to do more to it, but right now I also just want to put it up so I can move on to other songs.

Lyrics

Capo 3
Verse 1
C F
We’re shocked and awed
G C
By what they’re doing now
F G
They’ve been waiting just for this to grab it all
C F
They know that
G C
and they know just what they’re doing
F Am
It’s our time to fight, come on and heed the call
F G
It’s our fight and we are in it for the long haul

Verse 2
Institutions sacked
This looks like piracy
The hacking they’ve perfected as they maul
Our democracy, our systems and our people
It’s our battle and we’re fighting ’til they fall
It’s our fight and we are in it for the long haul

Pre-Chorus
F G Am
We’re facing all of our worst fears
F G Am
There isn’t time to dry our tears
F Am
Right now we’re throwing sand in the gears
G
In any way we can

Chorus
F Am
We’re in a war we didn’t ask for
F G
We have to stand and fight
F Am
We are fighting to take us back from them
F G
We have to do what’s right
F Am
We will stand until tomorrow
F G
And all tomorrows after that and then
F Am G
We will stand for our nation again

Verse 3
We are stunned and dazed
But we don’t have time for that now
They’ve been lying there in wait to take it all
They’ve invaded us
It’s an offensive, it’s offensive
It’s a showdown, it’s a skirmish, it’s a brawl
It’s our fight and we are in it for the long haul

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Bridge

F
Don’t listen to their lies
G
Believe in what we share
C
Don’t let them get inside your head
Am
We will fight them everywhere
Don’t listen to their falsehoods
Or their propaganda war
Stand beside us
And fight them to the core

Verse 4
We are bold and brave
And we are so determined
We’ve been waiting for this battle, make them stall
We will push them back
And rebuild our institutions
We will fight them, we will stop them, they will fall
It’s our fight and we are in it for the long haul

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

OUTTRO
We will stand until tomorrow
And all tomorrows after that and then
F G C
Our nation will stand for us again

Comments

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Boom! Last line is wonderful, brings it round to the reason we are fighting!
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I like the feeling, the urgency and it’s different feom what you’ve done in the past, and I admit it, i like it.
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