This is a humanitarian song for Syria by Michael Heart. It would be wise to adjust the
first line of lyrics,
as the numbers have grown. The tuning is the same Michael Heart uses, and makes the
playing much easier. The
chords are transposed to this tuning, and match exactly above where in the words they change.
Tab by Jacob Darabaris
FLAT TUNING
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Intro
C#m B A B
Verse 1
C#m B A
Two years and counting, a hundred thousand dead
B
And still you wait
C#m B A
Innocent civilians have bled the ground red
B
And still you wait
PRECHORUS
F#m G#m
The world is busy living an ordinary life
A
With school and work and family
B
And sleeping safe at night
CHORUS
C#m
But what about us
E
Don't we count at all
B
Should we just keep on dying
A
While you're waiting to solve
B C#m
The political mess
E
All you do is stall
B
Can't you see the bloody writing
A
All over the wall
F#m
What about us
VERSE 2
C#m B A
Chemical rockets raining from the sky
B
And still you wait
C#m B A
Millions of refugees running for their lives
B
And still you wait
PRECHORUS
F#m
This page we write in history
G#m
Of the human race
A
Inked in blood for all to see
B
We never can erase
CHORUS
C#m
But what about us
E
Don't we count at all
B
Should we just keep on dying
A
While you're waiting to solve
B C#m
The political mess
E
All you do is stall
B
Can't you see the bloody writing
A
All over the wall
F#m
What about us
BRIDGE
C#m
Can't you hear us calling
F#m
Can't you feel our pain
A B
What'll it take to free us from these chains
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK (same as CHORUS)
C#m E B A (X2)
CHORUS
C#m
But what about us
E
Don't we count at all
B
Should we just keep on dying
A
While you're waiting to solve
B C#m
The political mess
E
All you do is stall
B
Can't you see the bloody writing
A
All over the wall
ENDING CHORUS (same as CHORUS)
C#m
But what about us
E
Don't we count at all
B
Should we just keep on dying
A
While you're waiting to solve
B C#m
The political mess
E
All you do is stall
B
Can't you see the bloody writing
A
All over the wall
F#m
What about us
