Lift Up Every Stone Chords & Lyrics by John Hiatt
Lift Up Every Stone
guitar chords lyrics
(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:
A
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...
