{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1876859,"song":"When The Frayed Wind Blows","artist":"Matt Pless","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11420792-when-the-frayed-wind-blows-chords-by-matt-pless/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1876859?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":50,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf it starts with an explosion[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDo you end it with a bang?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFirst the whistles start a blowin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen the guilty finally hang[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTheres a storm on the horizon[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the waters on the rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe're watching history repeatin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith the changin' times[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe figureheads keep talking[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut they're buried in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEveryone is pointing fingers[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEverybody plays their hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe fix is in, the game is rigged[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe pawns are polarized [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou can either pick a side [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr think outside the picket lines[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI wonder, is this a revolution [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr just mass confusion?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen every voice is trying to scream[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe loudest for equality[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhile we argue strategy [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCulture and philosophy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPeople die in city streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll paved with blood and poverty[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe powers with a chosen few[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDesperation's just a tool[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat agents of corruption use[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo keep the jails and prisons full[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ndiamond pockets lined with profits[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEarned from broken lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMisled to pledge by one discrimination under God[/tab]\r\nI'm sayin\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nstop the world, i wanna get off [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\neverything's on fire and it's falling apart [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nso if we can't turn back [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 \r\ncan we change the course[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhen the fury of the frayed wind blows[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe preachers sell salvation [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo the faithful on their knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSome prey upon our need and want[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor something to believe [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd some have spun the doctrines[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHoly guide toward paradise [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo justify injustices and centuries of genocide [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSurrender to your temples[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo your alters or your shrines[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe weapons used by shepherds[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo the sheep will keep in line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nConflicting congregations [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThinking only of themselves[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf thats the path to heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHate to see the road to hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI tell ya' they take a vision[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nmake religion, cause division [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKeep you vacant and complacent [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd dependent on a system[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBy creating ways to seperate[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUtilizing class and race[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPrejudice perpetuates [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd keeps monopolies in place[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTrickle up or trickle down[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStack or spread the wealth around[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSomeones hope is runnin' out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile fortune feeds a bank account[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nEmpty promise politicians [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPander to the poor[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile there's money used for funding[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPhony wars on foreign shores[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nstop the world, i wanna get off [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                      \r\nCause they're loading up the bullets [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they're dropping the bombs [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe propaganda beats to the narrative drums [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhen the fury of the frayed wind blows [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe criminals in congress[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey ain't got no ground to stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey're building walls and borders[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUp around the stolen land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA legacy of liberty[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThats how the story goes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut conquerers rewrote the past[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo suit the status quo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo is it institutions [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOr the state of human kind[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat leads to some exalted [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOver thousands left behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey'll push you to you're limit[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut in turn, they'll push their luck[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause sleeping giants riot[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen they've finally woken up[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause they're buying your silence with those shiny advertisments[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey lie and cheat and steal[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd tax your habits so you'll finance[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat they hide away behind the scenes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nCover over underneath[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nPopulation Explotation[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nVictimized by vanity[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFaces in a magazine[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPictures on a pixel screen[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSet a lofty standard [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat disintegrates your self esteem[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRace to chase a plastic dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRed carpets and Limousines [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBlinded and distracted by [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe flashbulbs of celebrity[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut just beyond the limelight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAfter fame has run it's course[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey'll throw you to the lions[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile a sold out crowd will roar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nstop the world, i wanna get off[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause there's bodies lying[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbreathless, bleeding, piling up.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthey shook the bottled Rage[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nnow it's bound to erupt [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhen the fury of the frayed wind blows[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can think yourself in circles[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the answers never clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIs there safety with surveillance?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIs there freedom without fear?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUnravel and untangle [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll you thought you understood[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd question everything[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUntil you question why you should[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll change the world with flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOr we'll change the world with guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe'll plant a seed or dig a grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBefore its said and done[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut if we come together[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll for one and one for all[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nResistence rises up[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSure as an empire will fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo ill just work toward the future[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMay it crumble for the better[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere tyrannical oppressors [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAre just shadows we remember[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo judgment based on color[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr your lover or your gender[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDismantle older models [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo they cant be reassembled [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the day the tables turn your way[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWatch out for a twist of fate[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCareful not to stumble and become [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe very thing you hate[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSearch for something comforting[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSeek out something innocent [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut you'll never have those eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat look at life that way again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo you can take the high road[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNothing ventured, nothing gained[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut you fight fire with fire [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen you're going down in flames [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chours]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nstop the world I wanna get off[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause we're at each other's throats [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand now it's choking my heart [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nso we can burn the earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nor extinguish the torch [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhen the fury of the frayed wind blows[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm sayin\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chours]","chords":["Am","Dm","E","F","C","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}