TELL ME WHY (Genesis)

INTRO: Em7 / Em6 / Em7 / Em6 / Bm Bm9 / Bm / G A / G /  

Em7              Em6
   Mothers crying in the street
Em7              Em6              Bm     Bm9  Bm       
   Children dying at their feet, tell me why?
    G       A   G 
Oh tell me why?
Em7                Em6  
   People starving everywhere
        Em7                       Em6            
There's too much food but there's none to spare,
Bm      Bm9  Bm      G       A   G
tell me why      Oh tell me why?


Bm7          D         G               Bm       D     G
    Can you see that shaft of sunlight can you see it in my eyes
D        A       G                   D         A        G
  I can feel the fire that's burning anger and hope so deep
           Em7     Em6  Em7    D       DM7  D
so deep within my heart     before my eyes 
     G            G(b5)  G
for some it's too late
A6   A           A6      A7
it seems there's no one listening


Em7                Em6 
   People sleeping in the streets
Em7                Em6
no roof above, no food to eat,
Bm      Bm9  Bm      G       A   G
tell me why      Oh tell me why?

Em7                 Em6
   See the questions in their eyes 
Em7             Em6
listen to their childrens cries 
Bm      Bm9  Bm         G       A   G
Tell me why,    please tell me why
Bm7           D   G
If there's a God, is He watching 
Bm      D      G
can He give a ray of hope?
D          A       G      
  so much pain and so much sorrow
 D            A       G
Tell me what does He see
         Em7     Em6   Em7
when He looks at you
          D     DM7  D
When He looks at me
      G        G(b5)  G  
What would He say?
A6     A           A6     A7             G
  It seems there's no one listening 


D                     C           G
  Who would think it still could happen
D              C         D    G
  even in this time and space
D               C6               GM7
  Politicians, they may save themselves
Bm7                  Am              C  
  Ah, but they won't save their face
   Am9              Am6
So hope against hope    it's not too late

Em7 Em6  Em7  Em6  Bm  Bm9  Bm  G  A  G   


Em7                        Em6                     
   You say there's nothing you can do
         Em7                   Em6
is there one rule for them and one for you,
Bm      Bm9  Bm       G       A    G
tell me why     just tell me why?
Bm7         D         G
   can you see that shaft of sunlight
Bm          D     G
   can you see it in my eyes
D        A        G
  I can feel the fire that's burning
D          A        G
anger and hope so deep
           Em7     Em6  Em7        D      DM7   D
so deep within my heart     but before my eyes 
     G            G(b5) G
for some it's too late 
A6      A            A6      A7
and it seems there's no one listening
Em7              Em6
Hurry for me, hurry for me,
Em7             Em6              Bm   Bm9  Bm
Hurry for me, hurry for me, they cry
  G       A  G
They cry
Em7              Em6
Hurry for me, hurry for me,
Em7             Em6              Bm   Bm9  Bm
Hurry for me, hurry for me, they cry
  G       A  G
They cry...( FADE OUT...)