Verse 1:
Am
I've wept for those who suffer long
But how I weep for those who've gone
Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong
            Dsus4
But keep on killing
Verse 2:
Am
It's in the soul to feel such things
But weak to watch without speaking
Oh what mercy sadness brings
          Dsus4            Am
If God be willing        (Riff 1)
Chorus:
Am/B      C
There is a train that's heading straight
C/B         Am       Am/B    C
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
C/B        C
And on the way, child and man
C/B       Am    Am/B     D
And woman wait, watch and wait
               Am
For redemption day
Verse 3:
Am
The fire rages in the streets
And swallows everything it meets
It's just an image often seen
         Dsus4
On television
Verse 4:
Am
Come leaders, come you men of great
Let us hear you pontificate
Your many virtues laid to waste
              Dsus4 Riff 1
And we aren't listening
Verse 5: (Different)
Am          Dsus4         C  Am
What do you have for us today
Am         Dsus4           C     Am
Throw us a bone but saw the plate
Am        Dsus4          C  Am
Oh why we waited til so late
Am                        Dsus4
Was there no oil to excavate
No riches in trade for the fate
Of every person who died in hate
                     C      Am
Throw us a bone, you men of great
Chorus:
Am/B      C
There is a train that's heading straight
C/B         Am   Am/B       C
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
C/B        C
And on the way, child and man
C/B       Am    C         Dsus4
And woman wait, watch and wait
               Am Riff 1
For redemption day
Verse 6:
Am           C            Dsus4 Am
It's buried in the countryside
Am         C               Dsus4
Exploding in the shells of night
Am
It's everywhere a baby cries
Dsus4    Am       Dsus4     Am
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Ends on Am