We Are One

INTRO:
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VERSE 1:
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In a bombed out room in Belfast a young boy is crying, he’s alone and
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He don’t understand.

DF RAIN 1:
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How the teachings of one book built on love and understanding could
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cause the hurt, and killing in his land.

VERSE 2:
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In an old part of Jerusalem two children are playing, they run and
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laugh, the way that it should be.

DF RAIN 2:
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The one will wear the star, and one will wear the crescent. They’ll
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Grow up and change from friends to enemies.

CHORUS 1:
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We are one, the flowers of one garden we’re one. The leaves of one
D             Bm         A     G            D             Asus  A
Tree. Let the walls come down, stand here together we are one,
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Family

INTRO (C  NOT D PEAT)

VERSE 3:
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In a Pakistani village a young boy on crutches, takes a fall, lies
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helplessly there.

DF RAIN 3:
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And he holds out his hand, but no one will take it. They won’t touch
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him, or the clothes that he wears.

VERSE 4:
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On a side street in Selma, a black child is sitting. In a squad car,
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protected from the whites.

DF RAIN 4:
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‘Cause they’re burning a cross to send her a message, and you can see
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the fear in her eyes.

CHORUS 1

ADLIB:
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Ponder in our hearts, how we were all created from the same dust,
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same dust.
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Searching we will find, that the spirit of the age, has come to
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Find us, find us.

CHORUS 2:
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We are one, the flowers of one garden we’re one. The leaves of one
E             C#m        B     A            E             Bsus  B
Tree. Let the walls come down, stand here together we are one,
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Family