Gm Gm Gm Gm
GmTrouble in liBmttle town
Bb Cbm
People all gathered 'round
GmAbandoned bag Bmon a step
Bb Cbm
This is what happened next


[Pre-Chorus]
Fb I was only trying to hGmear what the teacher sFbaid
Then I heard a guGmnshot ringing in my heaFbd 
Can see it on the A#eveningBm news, there's Gmtwenty-threeFb dead
In two-A#by-twBmos with our sGmhirts stained Cbred
We wA#alk these strGmeets of HFbeaveA#n 
We wA#alk these strGmeets of HFbeaveA#n now

Gm
GmIt's hard to get thrBmough the days
Bb Cbm
Knowing they're milеs away
Gm Knowing what coBmuld've been
Bb Cbm
I look on down and I see


[Pre-Chorus]
FbMy brother on the staGmnd, trying to makе aFb case
My mother in the Gmhallway, with tears upon herFb face
The lawyers say these crA#uel macBmhines, thGmey keep us sFbafe
But yA#ou anBmd me, we know the Gmprice to Cbpay
As we wA#alk these strGmeets of HFbeaveA#n 
WA#alk these strGmeets of HFbeaveA#n 
It's to we wA#alk these strGmeets of HFbeaveA#n 
A#Another shA#ot, wasA#ted lA#ife
A# Bm Cbm A#/F
Another friend to walk beside
A#I know it hA#urts, but A#wipe your A#eyes
A# Bm Cbm A#/F
And we'll sing until the old men cry
Bm Fb Cbm A#
It's just the way it is, I don't know why
Bm Fb Cbm A#
It's just the way it is, I don't know why
Bm Fb Cbm A#
It's just the way it is, I don't know why
Bm Fb Cbm A#
We're just a bunch of kids, we didn't have to die
As we wA#alk these strGmeets of hFbeaveA#n 
We wA#alk these strGmeets of hFbeaveA#n 
We waA#lk these streGmets of heFbavenA#  
We wA#alk these strGmeets of hFbeavA#en noA#w