I jsut got the Folk Live from Mountain Stage cd today, so I figured out my
interpretation of Lives in the Balance.

Open D Tuning Ofcourse


Intro
12--12--12-12-12-12-12-12--9--11--11-11--11------------
12--12--12-12-12-12-12-12--9--11--11-11--11------------  Over and Over again
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Can't pick up that first chord of the song, befroe the words, but you can
pretty much play a D.

Chords for song:
G  4-4-4-x-x-x
D  0-0-0-x-x-x
A  7-7-7-x-x-x
F  2-2-2-x-x-x

G
Ive been waiting for something to happen
       D                       G
for a week or a month or a year.
G
From the Blood and the ink of the headline
        D                          G
and the sound of the crowd in my ear.
G
you might ask what it takes to remember,
            D                   G
when you think that you heard it before
G
how governments lie to their people,
           D                    G
and how nations are driven to war.
D                           G
There are shadows on the faces
D                           G
of the men who fend the plains.
D                               A
To those wars that are fought in places,
F                              D
we can't even pronounce their names.
G
on radio talk shows, and TV
            D               G
you hear one thing again and again
G
How the USA stands for freedom
              D                 G
and how we come to the aid of a friend
G
But who are these one's we call our friends
        D               G
these governments killing their own
G
or is it the one's who can't take anymore
        D               F
so they pick up a brick, or a gun, or a stone
G                     F  G
There are lives in the Balance
G   F       G       G   F   G
There are people under fire
G     F        G          G     F      G
There  are children at the cannons
G                       F
There is blood on the wire
G                       F
There is Blood on the wire
G                       F
There is blood on the wire
G       F
there is........
 Back to intro

D                           G
There are shadows on the faces
D                           G
of the men who send the guns.
D                               A
To those wars that are fought in places,
F                              D
where their business intrest runs.

I wanna know who these men in the shadows are

I wanna hear somebody asking them why?

they can be counted on to tell us who our enemys are

but they're never around to fight at a tie
G                     F  G
There are lives in the Balance
G   F       G       G   F   G
There are people under fire
G     F        G          G     F      G
There  are children at the cannons
G
There is blood on the wire
F
There is blood on the wire
G
There is blood on the wire
F
There is.......
G F G F G F G F on and on........

thats what I got... now that I type it out, i am missing some spots, but
atleast its a start.  If anyone can help patch it up, please do.  I just
thought someone had better get it done before I drop at the desire to play
this=)

FenderJ0E@aol.com Dr. Fender