Tuning: E A D G B E

This is the more updated solo acoustic version that Jackson plays these days. He uses standard open tuning and B7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo3q4-wICCc The main riff is played on the bottom four strings and repeated throughout the verses. Finish on the last Em without the riff, vocals held for all four iterations. e|------------| B|------------| G|---0---0--0-| D|--2---2-----| A|-----0------| E|-0-------3--| [Intro]

^Em4x ^EmRif^Emf ^Em [Verse] Ive been ^Emwaiting for something to ^Emhappen For a ^Emweek or a month or a year^Em With the ^Emblood in the ink of the hea^Emdlines And the s^Emound of the crowd in my e^Emar You might ^Emask what it takes to reme^Emmber When you ^Emknow that you've seen it befor^Eme Where a ^Emgovernment lies to a pe^Emople And a ^Emcountry is drifting to wa^Emr And theres a s^Chadow on the f^Emaces Of the ^Cmen who send the ^Emguns To the ^Cwars that are fought in ^Gplaces Where their ^Dbusiness interest ^B7runs

[Verse]

On the ^Emradio talk shows and the ^Emt.v. You hear ^Emone thing again and aga^Emin How the ^Emu.s.a. stands for ^Emfreedom And we ^Emcome to the aid of a ^Emfriend But ^Emwho are the ones that we ^Emcall our friends-- These ^Cgovernments killing their ^B7own? Or the ^Empeople who finally cant ^Emtake any more And they ^Cpick up a gun or a brick^B7 or a stone

[Chorus]

There are ^Emlives ^Din the balanc^Eme (Th^Dere are) There are ^Empeople ^Dunder fire ^Em (Th^Dere are) There are ^Emchildren ^Dat the cannons ^Em ^D And there is ^Cblood on the wire ^C

[Interlude] B7 B7 C C B7 B7 Em Em Em Em [Pre-chorus]

Theres a ^Cshadow on the ^Emfaces Of the ^Cmen who fan the ^Emflames Of the ^Cwars that are fought in pl^Gaces Where we cant ^Deven say the ^B7names

[Verse]

They ^Emsell us the president the ^Emsame way They ^Emsell us our clothes and our ^Emcars They ^Emsell us every thing from ^Emyouth to religion The ^Emsame time they sell us our wa^Emrs I want to ^Emknow who the men in the ^Emshadows are I want to ^Chear somebody asking them ^Gwhy They can be ^Emcou

N.C.

nted on to tell us who our enemies are But they're ^Cnever the ones to ^B7fight or to die

[Chorus]

There are ^Emlives ^Din the balanc^Eme (Th^Dere are) There are ^Empeople ^Dunder fire ^Em(There^D are) There are ^Emchildren ^Dat the cannons ^Em ^D And there is ^Cblood on the wire ^C

[Interlude] B7 B7 C C B7 B7 [Outro]

There are ^Emlives in the balance^Em There are ^Empeople under fire There are ^Emchildren at the cannons There ^Emare.^Em....^Em....^Em...............................

Jackson Browne - Lives in the balance