F#5 [Verse 1] F#5 Where were you when the sky cracked open F#5 Waiting for shelter and barely coping F#5 Thinking you could ride the storm out F#5 Hoping you would be all right F#5 Where were you when they gave a warning F#5 Hundred-fifty mile winds by morning F#5 Category four making landfall in the wild gray light F#5 Where were you F#5 Where were you [Verse 2] F#5 Where were you in the social order F#5 Lower nine or a hotel in the Quarter F#5 Which side of the Quarter between rich and poor... F#5 Where were you gonna evacuate to F#5 Assuming there was any way to F#5 Where if you didn't own a car... F#5 Where were you F#5 Where were you [Bridge] D Where were you when you understood E However decent, however good A B However hard some people try D They only barely make it by E They're born to live their entire lives F#5 In harm's way [Verse 3] F#5 Where were you when you heard the stranded F#5 The injured and the empty-handed F#5 Running out of food and water at the Superdome F#5 The newborn and the elderly F#5 Exposed to even more misery F#5 While those in charge of rescue F#5 Waited for the Guard to come F#5 And those who left the Convention Center F#5 Were stopped on the bridge when they tried to enter F#5 The safety of the Westbank and higher ground... F#5 And when the Guard finally did arrive F#5 And got to work on about day five A E Mainly they were used to keep the looting down... F#5 Where were you F#5 Where were you [Bridge] D Where were you when you realized E However strong, however wise A B However true our leaders appear to be D They talk about prosperity E However hard this country strives A B When property is valued more than lives F#m E How strong will we ever really be D F#m How strong will we ever be D F#m How long do we imagine we'll be free D F#m D E F#m How long do we imagine we'll be free [Interlude] D E D E F#5 D E F#m D F#m [Verse 4] F#m We hold the truth self evident F#m The photograph of the President F#m From Air Force One he viewed the devastation F#m Shaved face and rested eyes F#m Looking down he circles twice F#m On the way home from his vacation F#m Where were you F#m When you got the picture F#m Where were you F#m Where were you when the streets filled up with black water [Bridge] D E Where were you when defeat and destruction reigned in the Crescent A B Where were you when it blew from every direction D E Where were you when the promise was made A To retrurn and rebuild B D To restore to its people E The city that gave us the first American music A B The true inspiration and the freedom to use it D E Where will we find it again if we lose it A And where will we be B F#m If we ever cease to love F#m If we ever cease to love D If we ever cease to love F#m E D F#m If we ever cease to love [Outro] D F#m E D F#m D F#m E D F#m D F#m E D F#m
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