All That We Let in

(D)(Ooh,

(D)ooh,

(G)ooh.)

(Dmaj9)The dust in our eyes our (G)own boots kicked (Dmaj9)up,

heartsick, we nurse along the (G)way we picked (Gsus)up.

You may not see it when it's (G)sticking to your skin,

but we're (Em7)better (D)off for (G)all that we (A)let (D)in.

(Dmaj9)We've lost friends and loved ones (G)much too young,

(Dmaj9)with so much promise and (G)work left undone,

(Gsus)when all that guards us is a (G)single center line and the (Em7)brutal (D)crossing (G)over (A)when it's (D)time.

(D)(Ooh, (A)Well, I don't know where it all (D)begins,

ooh, (A)and I don't know where it all will (G)end;

ooh.) (A)we're better off for all that we let (D)in.

(Dmaj9)One day, those toughies will be (G)withered up and bent,

the (Dmaj9)father, son, and the holy warriors,

(G)and the President,

with (Gsus)glory days of putup dukes for (G)all the world to see,

beaten (Em7)into (D)(G)submission in the (A)name of the (D)free.

(Dmaj9)But we're in an evolution, I (G)have heard it said.

And (Dmaj9)ev'ryone's so busy now, but do (G)we move ahead?

(Gsus)Planets hurling and (G)atoms splitting and a (Em7)sweater for (D)your (G)love you (A)sit there (D)knitting.

(Ooh, (A)Well, I don't know where it all (D)begins,

ooh, (A)and I don't know where it all will (G)end;

ooh.) (A)we're better off for all that we let (D)in.

You see those (Gmaj7)crosses on the (A)side of the (D)road

(D)or tied with (Gmaj7)ribbons in the (A)median,

(Bm)they make me (G)grateful I can (F#7)go this mile,

(Bm)lay me down (G)at night and wake (D)me up (Em7)again.

(Dmaj9)Kat writes a poem and she sticks (G)it on my truck;

(Dmaj9)we don't believe in war and we (G)don't believe in luck.

The (Gsus)birds were calling to her;

(Gmaj9)what were they saying as the (Em7)gate blew (D)open and the (G)tops of the (A)trees were (D)swaying?

(Dmaj9)I pass the cemetery, walk (G)my dog down there.

(Dmaj9)I read the names in stone and I (G)say a silent prayer.

(C)When I get home, you're cooking (G)supper on the stove,

and the (Em7)greatest gift (D)of (G)life is (A)to know (D)love.

(Ooh, (A)Well, I don't know where it all (D)begins,

ooh, (A)and I don't know where it all will (G)end;

ooh.) (A)we're better off for all that we let (D)in.