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Lift Up Every Stone

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(song begins with chorus)
CHORUS:
You gotta F#mlift up every stone now sister
Gotta Elift up every stBone now sister
Gotta F#mlift up every stone now sister
Gotta Aclear this Efield and Bbuild that wF#mall 
He was the F#mprince of the county to the manor born
The Esheets were bloody and dBirty and torn
NoF#mbody saw nothing, not out this way
And they Aprobably Ewon't until the Bjudgment F#mday 
CHORUS X1
There was a F#mmighty whispering down at the church
About the Eson of the father of a Bwoman got hurt
They were F#mlooking all over for somebody to pay
And that's Ayou and me Esister now Bevery F#mday 
CHORUS X1
BRIDGE:
Now the sAun is bloody red
And when it's Egone somebody'll be F#mdead
Don't you Acry a tear for Eme
Because I Bdid what I could C#just to be free yeah
Solo section:
|:   F#m/ / / |  A/  E/ |  B/  F#m/ :| X4
(last verse uses muffled/muted strum chords until last line, where full chords are played)
You gotta F#mlift up every stone now sister
'cause Eone is the truth and the Bother's a F#mlie
You gotta F#mlift up every stone now sister
'till they Atear down the Ewall to Bmake you F#mcry 
CHORUS X2 
We gotta Aclear this Efield and Bbuild that wF#mall
We gotta.A..E  B  F#m  

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Lift Up Every Stone

by John Hiatt

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F#m

(song begins with chorus)

CHORUS:

F#m

You gotta lift up every stone now sister

E B

Gotta lift up every stone now sister

F#m

Gotta lift up every stone now sister

A E B F#m

Gotta clear this field and build that wall

F#m

He was the prince of the county to the manor born

E B

The sheets were bloody and dirty and torn

F#m

Nobody saw nothing, not out this way

A E B F#m

And they probably won't until the judgment day

CHORUS X1

F#m

There was a mighty whispering down at the church

E B

About the son of the father of a woman got hurt

F#m

They were looking all over for somebody to pay

A E B F#m

And that's you and me sister now every day

CHORUS X1

BRIDGE:

Now the sun is bloody red

E F#m

And when it's gone somebody'll be dead

A E

Don't you cry a tear for me

B C#

Because I did what I could just to be free yeah

Solo section:

F#m A E B F#m

|: / / / | / / | / / :| X4

(last verse uses muffled/muted strum chords until last line, where full chords are played)

F#m

You gotta lift up every stone now sister

E B F#m

'cause one is the truth and the other's a lie

F#m

You gotta lift up every stone now sister

A E B F#m

'till they tear down the wall to make you cry

CHORUS X2

A E B F#m

We gotta clear this field and build that wall

A E B F#m

We gotta...

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