Tenth Avenue North – Im Listening chords

[Intro]
G Em


[Verse 1]
    EmWhy didn't anyone believe
               D        CA single word when you said it was
G               D           C  It was your father's friend
           EmYeah, only fourteen, life goes on
                        D            CWho knows, you prob'ly brought this on yourself
G            D          CIt's better not to tell


[Chorus]
G               Em         D               GMother, mother, how many tears have you cried?
                 Em       D     C            DMother, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
G                Em            D          GMother, how many years before you could breathe?
                 Em         D       CMother, I won't turn away when you speak
        D    Em          D      EmI'm listening, I'm listening


[Verse 2]
 EmTo a daughter now it happens too
 G                   D      CFreshman year, he's waiting in your bed
G          D        CSuppose to be a friend
EmYou tried to forget the way you felt
                     D       CYou fought, but he forced himself on you
G            D            CHe left you black and blue


[Chorus]
G                Em      D          GSister, why did nobody trust your cries?
                Em        D     C              DSister, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
G                Em          D       GSister, you are braver than you believed
                 Em         D          CTogether we will find a way to healing
        D    Em          D      EmI'm listening, I'm listening


[Bridge]
Em                           DAnd brother, where could you go?
                    CHonestly, we don't know what to do
        AmWhen a teacher takes what he took from you
Em                            GAnd brother, where could you run?
                         CShame turned you silent and made a prison
AmCould you learn to speak again
 C                         AmIf we were only listening?


[Chorus]
G                  Em         D        GBrother, there is freedom for you to cry
                Em        D     C              DBrother, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
G                Em      D          GBrother, I pray you can begin to breathe
G                    Em      D          CBrother, please don't, don't be afraid to speak
        D    Em          D    AmI'm listening, I'm listening,
         G    C           DI'm listening, I'm listening

I'm listening