^E5Mr. Richards, your pos^Emaj7ition ^E5is a messenger p^Emaj7igeon, ^E5left behind you when t^Emaj7he cam^E5p moved on. ^E5You thought that you h^Emaj7ad lis^E5tened but the wo^Emaj7rds had never crystallized, ^E5into a truth that you ^Emaj7might ^E5own, hey hey

^Asus2Mr Richards your decision, pay attention pay attentio^E5n ^Emaj7

^E5Mr. Richards your forg^Emaj7iven f^E5or a narrow lack^Emaj7 of vision, ^E5but the firesare still^Emaj7 ragin^E5g on... ^E5The public's got opini^Emaj7ons an^E5d these conseque^Emaj7nces border on the compound that ^E5razed where zealots sa^Emaj7ng, he^E5y, hey

^Asus2Mr. Richards, your decision, pay attention, pay atten^E5tio^Emaj7n

^DSo listen, your intention, sign the paper, stamp the ribbon, You're m^E5istaken if you think ^Emaj7we'll just forget.^{E5 D}You can thump your chest and rattle, stand in ^Afront of your piano but, We kn^Gow, what's ^F#m7going on,^E5 Yes, we k^Gnow what's ^F#m7going ^E5on, We're the c^Ghildren of the ^F#m7choir hey^E5, And we k^Gnow what's g^F#m7oing on. ^E5

^E5Mr. Richards your conv^Emaj7iction^E5, had us cheerin^Emaj7g in the kitchen, ^E5now the jury's eating ^Emaj7pigeon^E5 pie, ^E5So tell me how is pris^Emaj7on, ha^E5ve they taught y^Emaj7ou how to listen?, ^E5We've begun to bridge ^Emaj7the sc^E5hism, pay attention pay attention,

^Asus2Mr. Richards your decision, pay attention, pay attent^E5ion^Emaj7.

^DYou can thump your chest and rattle,stand in f^Aront of your piano but, We kn^Gow what's g^F#m7oing on, ^E5Yes we kno^Gw what's go^F#m7ing on^E5, We're^G the childr^F#m7en of the^E5 choir hey^G, from the ^F#m7compou^E5nd fire hey, And we know^G what's going o^F#m7n, ^E5 Yes we know^G what's going o^F#m7n. ^E5