Both sides of the story
G - C - G - C - G - C - D - C - G
G C
1. Find yourself in the gutter in a lonely part of town,
G
where death waits in the darkness with a weapon
C
to
cut some stranger down,
G
C
sleeping
with an empty bottle, he’s a sad and an empty hearted man,
G C
all he
needs is a job and a little respect so he can get out while he can.
D C G - C
We always need to hear both sides of the story,
D G
- C
both
sides of the story.
G
C
2. A neighbourhood peace is
shattered, it’s the middle of the night,
G
young faces hide in the shadows,
C
while
they watch their mother and father fight.
G C
He says she’s been unfaithful,
she says her love for him has gone,
G
and the brother shrugs to his sister and
says:
C
looks
like it’s just us from now on.
D C D
Oh, we always need to hear
both sides of the story,
C G
we need to hear
both sides of the story.
C
G
And the lights are all on, the world is
watching now,
C G
people looking
for truth, we must not fail them now.
C D Em Am
Be sure, before we close our eyes, don’t
walk away from here,
D G -
C - G - C
till
you hear both sides, no no no
no.
G
C
3. Here we are all gathered
in what seems to be the centre of the storm,
G
neighbours,
once friendly now stand each side
C
of
the line that has been drawn.
G
They’ve been fighting here for
years,
C
but
now there’s killing on the streets,
G C
while
small coffins are lined up sadly, now united in defeat.
D C G
Oh, we always need to hear
both sides of the story.
C
G
Well, the lights are all on,
the world is watching now,
C
G
people looking
for truth, we must not fail them now.
C D Em Am
Be sure, before we close our eyes, don’t walk away from here,
D G - C - G - C
till
you see both sides, no no no
no no no.
G C
4. White man turns the
corner, finds himself within a different world,
G
C
ghetto
kid grabs his shoulder, throws him up against the wall.
G
C
He says: Would you respect me, if I didn’t
have this gun,
G C
’cause
without it, I don’t get it, and that’s why I carry one.
D C
D
We always need to hear both sides of the story,
C G
- C D G - C
both
sides of the story, oh, both
sides of the story,
D G - C D G - C
yeah,
both sides of the story, oh, both
sides of the story…
(orig. = capo 1st) (Phil
Collins)