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[Intro]

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                                                                     (Pray...)

[Verse 1]

G      Bm/F#
Pray, hey!
          Em                      D
You're a working boy in New York City
              C                      Bm7
You took the train to liberate your body
             Am
And liberate your heart
         D
You are trying to find a

 G     Bm/F# 
Home, soon
            Em                          D
Always the saddest when a friend can't make it
           C
Love everyone along the way
     Bm7                   C
You never had a chance to tell them
                    Am
What you would like to do
        D
If the love permits you

[Chorus]

 C                     Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
 C           G
Wide is the gate
 C                     Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
 C           G
Wide is the gate

[Verse 2]

 G     Bm/F#
Pray, gay
             Em                   D
You are the holy boy outside the scriptures
          C                          Bm7
Far and away from all the brightest sunbeams
                  Am                  D
You chose to stay and fight from the inside outside
 G     Bm/F#
Don't fight
               Em                      D
Make like the cutest owl and use your feathers
               C                        Bm7              C
Make like the e - lephant and use your memory to pick a path
                  Am
Make like the sleeping bird
          D
Dreaming of the morning

[Chorus]

 C                     Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at seeing heaven
 C           G
Wide is the gate
 C                     Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at seeing heaven
 C           G
Wide is the gate 

[Instrumental]

G   Bm/F#  Em    D
C   Bm7    Am7   D
G   Bm/F#  Em    D
C   Bm7    Am7   D6  D

[Verse 3]

G      Bm/F#
Pray, hey
             Em                        D
God doesn't care about the way you're leaning
              C                      Bm7
Once you are happy and you know yourself
                  Am
Peace can come in your heart
                D
You can make a new start
G   Bm/F#
One day
            Em                    D
We will be justified without the struggle
            C                      Bm7
We will be recognised for what we do
                   C                     Am
Not criticised or hated just for the way you are
          D
You will be a star

[Chorus]

     C                         Bm
So, listen to the music of the traffic in the city
 C              G 
Singing to the hope inside you
 C                         Bm
Listen to the music of the traffic in the city
 C              G
Singing to the hope

 C                     Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven (everybody gets a shot)
 C           G
Wide is the gate (everybody gets a shot)
 C                     Bm
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven (everybody gets a shot)
 C           G
Wide is the gate (everybody gets a shot)