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Running Up Hill

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[Intro]
Em G D Em
[Verse]
GHow many times must we do this to ourselves
DBeen on our knees a million times, asking for your help
EmOf all the answers that I don't understand
DLike I did not draw the firing line but I know just where to stand
CNobody told me must have Emheard it on the news
CPeople with nothing still had Emeverything to lose
[Chorus]
GIt's like running up Chill
GIt's like running up Chill
[Verse]
GIn the corner of a graveyard a mother kneels to pray
DTo the memory of a son that slowly fades away
EmIn this part of the graveyard the sun no longer shines
DThere's no fences or barbed wire but still she's doing time
CUntil she gets the answers to the Emquestions that she asks
CIt's hard to build a future when your Emhaunted by the past
[Chorus]
GIt's like running up Chill
GIt's like running up Chill
[Verse]
AmAs the bodies hit the Empavement
AmThe world seen what you've Emdone
AmAs the bodies hit the Empavement
AmSomeone was Gsinging "Emwe will overDcome"
[Chorus]
GIt's like running up Chill
GIt's like running up Chill
[Verse]
GNow everybody gathered here on Central Drive
DIs marching in the shadow of the truth you tried to hide
EmAnd every footstep taken is a breaking of your law
DFor your justice never added up to the murder that we saw.
CTime won't make no difference to the Empeople who still care
CIn thousands we march the streets still Emknowing that you're there
[Outro]
GIt's like running up Chill
GIt's like running up Chill
GIt's like running up Chill

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Running Up Hill

by Declan McLaughlin

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Em G D Em

[Verse]

How many times must we do this to ourselves

Been on our knees a million times, asking for your help

Of all the answers that I don't understand

Like I did not draw the firing line but I know just where to stand

C Em

Nobody told me must have heard it on the news

C Em

People with nothing still had everything to lose

[Chorus]

G C

It's like running up hill

G C

It's like running up hill

[Verse]

In the corner of a graveyard a mother kneels to pray

To the memory of a son that slowly fades away

In this part of the graveyard the sun no longer shines

There's no fences or barbed wire but still she's doing time

C Em

Until she gets the answers to the questions that she asks

C Em

It's hard to build a future when your haunted by the past

[Chorus]

G C

It's like running up hill

G C

It's like running up hill

[Verse]

Am Em

As the bodies hit the pavement

Am Em

The world seen what you've done

Am Em

As the bodies hit the pavement

Am G Em D

Someone was singing "we will overcome"

[Chorus]

G C

It's like running up hill

G C

It's like running up hill

[Verse]

Now everybody gathered here on Central Drive

Is marching in the shadow of the truth you tried to hide

And every footstep taken is a breaking of your law

For your justice never added up to the murder that we saw.

C Em

Time won't make no difference to the people who still care

C Em

In thousands we march the streets still knowing that you're there

[Outro]

G C

It's like running up hill

G C

It's like running up hill

G C

It's like running up hill

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