Valley Songs: Let Justice Roll - Dave Andrews

I stole the term "Valley Songs" straight from Dave Andrews so I though it would only be polite to post one of his great songs that I have in my Valley Song list. He's got a whole bunch of songs at his site but this is probably my favourite of his. Apologies for the spacing on my chord chart below blogger keeps changing my multiple spacing to single spacing and I can't work out how to change that, so you'll have to listen to the song to get the timing or download the sheet music from Dave's Site.

The MP3 from Dave's Site

Sheet Music from Dave's site.

Let Justice Roll (Micah 5.24)

VERSE 1
G Em
We’ve silenced our prophets,
C D
We’ve shot down our dreamers,
G Em C D
Our lifeblood is money, we’re exploiting the poor.
G C G C
Oh, the people of the West just love to invest
Em Am D7
In the system that keeps the poor world poor.

VERSE 2
G Em C D
We have no compassion; our lifestyle is evil;
G Em C D
Higher living standard - the God we adore.
G C G C
Oh, the people of the West just love to invest
Em Am D7
In the system that keeps the poor world poor.

CHORUS
G C G
Let justice roll on like a river
D C G D
Truth like an never failing ever flowing stream,
G C G
Then tears of rage will turn to laughter
D C G
And people become what they should be.

VERSE 3
We ignore the ways of justice
Though we talk a lot about it;
We victimise the stranger seeking refuge in our land.
Oh, the people of the West just love to invest
In the system that keeps the poor world poor.

VERSE 4
Greed is our mother, silence is our father,
Our epitaph is written in frustrated tears of rage.
Oh, the people of the West just love to invest
In the system that keeps the poor world poor.

CHORUS

© Garth Hewitt. (Adapted by Dave Andrews)