Hold Your Ground Lyrics

CAPO: 2nd Fret
G N.C.
Somewhere inside my soul there is an echo of my youth
G N.C. G
Some pithy little saying that contained a grain of truth
If patience is a virtue, persistence is its mark
It's better to light a candle than to stand and curse the dark
But if we stand together, we might turn this world around
C-G-D-G C ~
Hold your ground__
In the corridors of power, where our voice is seldom heard
The status quo is what they want, they can get it with a word
For us it takes a thousand voices, a million angry shouts
To notify the ship of state to bring its course about
But if we pull together, we might turn this ship around
C-G-D-G C-G-D-G C-G-D-G C ~
Hold your ground__
Oh___, this world is changing
Spinning out through space and time
Oh___, it's rearranging
All the things we thought were yours and mine
You've got to hold your ground
Hold your ground
Hold your ground
Hold your ground
Sometimes it seems the motion is strictly retrograde
There are so many reversals of advances that you've made
The things you thought were changing have shuddered to a halt
The only view is forward when your back's against the wall
But if we stand together we might turn this world around
C-G-D-G C ~
Hold your ground__
INSTRUMENTAL: Em C G Em C Em C G Am G C
You've got to hold your ground
Hold your ground
Hold your ground
Hold your ground
It isn't for the faint of heart to bet when odds are long
And neither is it easy to be right in face of wrong
You must proceed from strength to strength, although the road is rough
And sometimes human courage just isn't quite enough
But if we stand together we might turn this world around
Hold your ground (Hold your ground)
Hold your ground (Hold your ground)
~ G C ~
Hold your ground
Oh, this world is changing