Make Them Hear You Chords
by Randy Newman
Make Them Hear You by Randy Newman is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Eb, Gm, Ab, Bb, Cm, Fm7, Bb7, Bb/C, Bb/Ab, Ebadd9, Bb/D, G, B/D#, E, Abm, A, B, C#m, F#m7, B/C#, B/A, B7, Eadd9, A/B, F#7, Am(add6), B7sus4 and E/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
Eb Gm
Go out and tell our story.
Ab Bb Cm
Let it echo far and wide.
Fm7 Bb7
Make them hear you,
Bb/C Cm Bb/Ab Ab
Make them hear you.
Eb Gm
How justice was our battle
Ab Bb Cm
And how justice was denied.
Fm7 Bb7
Make them hear you,
Ebadd9 Bb/D
Make them hear you.
Cm Gm
And say to those who blame us
Ab Bb Eb Bb/D
For the way we chose to fight
Cm Gm
That sometimes there are battles
Ab Bb G
That are more than black or white...
Bb Eb Gm
And I could not put down my sword
Ab Bb Cm
When justice was my right.
Fm7 Bb B/D#
Make them hear you.
Verse
E Abm
Go out and tell our story
A B C#m
To your daughters and your sons.
F#m7 B
Make them hear you,
B/C# C#m B/A A
Make them hear you.
E Abm
And tell them, in our struggle,
A B C#m
We were not the only ones.
F#m7 B7
Make them hear you,
Eadd9 B/D#
Make them hear you.
C#m Abm
Your sword can be a sermon
A B E B/D#
Or the power of the pen.
C#m Abm
Teach every child to raise his voice
A B Ab B
And then, my brothers, then
E Abm
Will justice be demanded
A B C#m
By ten million righteous men.
F#m7 A/B
Make them hear you.
C#m Abm
When they hear you,
F#7 Am(add6)
I'll be near you
B7sus4 E B/D# C#m E/B A B E
A. . . gain.