Show Them The Way

	  		

 
C                 D                Em 
      Please God, show 'em the way 
C           D           Em 
Please God, on this day 
G C           D                  Em 
  Spirits all given the strength 
C                     D              C 
Peace can come if you really want it 


 
Verse 1:
                D               Em 
I had a fragile dream in a gray house in the Hamptons 
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I'd been there before, singing songs and doing benefits 
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Was in a room alone putting on my makeup 
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Like so many things that come to me, the dress came across the Persian carpet 

     D             Em                       C 
As I fell into the dress, a thought came to me 
D       Em              C 
Into my heart, I have a dream 
D            Em 
  And a door opened 
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I turned to face the music 

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  I was ready for the Kennedys 
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I don't know if it was 1960   or 1963 
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  Everything was timeless, even me 
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I wasn't old, I wasn't young, I was just part of their dream 

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A shadow walked with me down the hall, it was Martin Luther King 
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All in shadow, all before me, overwhelmed by 
C       D        Em 
Destiny, someone said, "Sing us a song 
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There's a piano"  and handed me a drink 
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The room was full of hope,  a song would set them free 


 
C                 D                Em 
      Please God, show 'em the way 
C           D           Em 
Please God, on this day 
G C           D                  Em 
  Spirits all given the strength 
C                     D              C 
Peace can come if you really want it 



 
 
Verse 2:
               D   Em 
I sat at the piano, stared out of the shadows 
C                  D        Em 
I sang the words, "I have a dream" 
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He wasn't my old friend John, I didn't know him then 
       C         D   C 
But he smiled at me,   and I sang these words 

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Whatever it takes 
Em                   C       D 
Whatever it takes to be free 
Em                   C        D 
   No, I didn't know these men 
Em               C  D  C 
   But they knew me 


 
Verse 3:
C               D    Em 
It was all symbolic, nothing was as it seemed 
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  They all left us in a single shot but they didn't take the dream 
          D             Em 
They were there in that house, discussing the future 
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And drinking champagne, I was just a piano player 

          D              Em 
The voice, part of their dream 
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I was thirty-five and maybe I was fifteen 
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It was just another night in the presence of Martin Luther King 
D            C                            D       Em 
I was just a dreamer; I was ready for the Kennedys 



Em 
And I said 
C                 D                Em 
      Please God, show 'em the way 
C           D           Em 
Please God, on this day 
          C              D 
Light the fire, start it over 

         Em 
Tell the world about the dream 
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Start it up and make it real 


Solo 
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C          Em    D    Am          G 
Please God       show him the way 
C          Em    D        Am      G 
Please God       show her the way 
C          Em    D         Am     G 
Please God       show them the way 
C 
Please God 


 
Verse 4:
C                D              Em 
Back in the room where it all began 
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My heart began to heal, I believe it 
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I remember the beauty of the Hamptons 
                C 
Shadows playing in the sun 

D         C 
  A voice said, "The dream is not over, no 
              D         Em 
The dream has just begun" 
                 C              D 
I spun around to see another shadow 
Em 
Slipping through the door 

    C              D      Em 
And my eyes opened wide, "What is this all for?" 
        C             D                C 
And the shadow said, "Don't forget it, don't forget 
                      D    Em 
What we were fighting for, don't forget it" 



Em 
And I said 
C           D                Em 
Please God, show 'em the way 
                   C 
(It's just another night) 
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Please God, on this day 
               C 
(Martin Luther King) 

            D                 Em 
Spirits all given the strength   (Sing us a song) 
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Peace can come if you fight for it (Don't forget it) 
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Think we're just in time-ime to say 


Chorus Em 
(Ooh, and said, oh said) 
C           D               Em 
Please God, show 'em the way  (All in shadow) 
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Please God, on this day   (All before me) 
C           D                 C 
Spirits all given the strength 

                      D           Em 
Peace can come if you fight for it 
            C            D      Em   C 
Think we're just in time to say this 
    D        Em   C  D 
Set them free 
C 
Room was full of hope 



C           D               Em 
Please God, show 'em the way   (I believe it) 
C           D          Em 
Please God, on this day   (Don't forget it) 
C           D                 Em 
Spirits all given the strength 
Em                C     D    C 
Don't forget what    we were fighting for 
                         D         Em 
Think we're just in time-ime to say 


Outro 
C             D  Em 
Peace can come      if you fight for it 
C             D  Em 
Peace can come      if you try harder 
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Peace can come,  ooh, if you really want it 
C         D  Em 
That dream 

C                           D Em 
Don't forget it, please God 
          C  D   C 
Show them    the way