Can't Look Away

	  		
Intro: Em C Em C 

  
verse 1 

        Em                                             C 
See the child, dressed in rags in the street, cold and homeless 
         Em                                   C 
Too weak to ask for just one scrap of food to survive 
         D 
War-torn lives shed their innocent blood on the pavement 
      C 
As we all shake our heads from our ivory towers 
       A                                 N.C. 
Making righteous remarks as we're wasting the hours 


  Em                     D           C 
I hate what I see, but I can't look away 
         Em                             D              C 
From the train-wreck we watch, from our armchairs each day 
       G         D            F            C 
Are we powerless pawns in the games people play 
  Am                          Bm 
I try and blind myself to the pain 
            N.C.  Bm    N.C.    Em              C   Em   D A 
But I can't, no I can't, no I can't look away 



verse 2 

        Em                                         C 
Kids in school, learning lessons in life, love and laughter 
        Em                                            C 
Such precious jewels with a future so bright, dreams so tall 
           D 
An aimless soul, opens fire, rocks the world, makes his exit 
      C 
As we wonder what force could have turned him so wild 
       A                             N.C. 
He was quiet, he was shy, he was somebody's child 



  Em                     D           C 
I hate what I see, but I can't look away 
         Em                             D              C 
From the train-wreck we watch, from our armchairs each day 
       G         D            F            C 
Are we powerless pawns in the games people play 
  Am                          Bm 
I try and blind myself to the pain 
C                           Bm 
Disconnect my heart from my brain 
            N.C.  Bm    N.C.        C 
But I can't, no I can't, no I can't look away 



Bridge 

               D 
We can't stand idly by 
                  C 
No, we can't look away 
                 D 
And let one more child die, no 


Instrumental  

Em     D A  Em     D 


verse 3 

      C 
As we all shake our heads from our ivory towers 
       A                                 N.C. 
Making righteous remarks as we're wasting the hours 



  Em                     D           C 
I hate what I see, but I can't look away 
         Em                             D              C 
From the train-wreck we watch, from our armchairs each day 
       G         D            F            C 
Are we powerless pawns in the games people play 
  Am                          Bm 
I try and blind myself to the pain 
C                           Bm 
Disconnect my heart from my brain 
         Am                          Bm 
If we're gonna change a world gone insane 
            N.C.     Bm   N.C.      Em 
We just can't, no we can't, no I can't look away
 


Outro    

Em    D A     Em 
No,     can't look away