Intro G Em
verse 1
Em
Why didn't anyone believe
D C
A single word when you said it was
G D C
It was your father's friend
Em
Yeah, only fourteen, life goes on
D C
Who knows, you prob'ly brought this on yourself
G D C
It's better not to tell
G Em D G
Mother, mother, how many tears have you cried?
Em D C D
Mother, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
G Em D G
Mother, how many years before you could breathe?
Em D C
Mother, I won't turn away when you speak
D Em D Em
I'm listening, I'm listening
verse 2
Em
To a daughter now it happens too
G D C
Freshman year, he's waiting in your bed
G D C
Suppose to be a friend
Em
You tried to forget the way you felt
D C
You fought, but he forced himself on you
G D C
He left you black and blue
G Em D G
Sister, why did nobody trust your cries?
Em D C D
Sister, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
G Em D G
Sister, you are braver than you believed
Em D C
Together we will find a way to healing
D Em D Em
I'm listening, I'm listening
Bridge
Em D
And brother, where could you go?
C
Honestly, we don't know what to do
Am
When a teacher takes what he took from you
Em G
And brother, where could you run?
C
Shame turned you silent and made a prison
Am
Could you learn to speak again
C Am
If we were only listening?
G Em D G
Brother, there is freedom for you to cry
Em D C D
Brother, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
G Em D G
Brother, I pray you can begin to breathe
G Em D C
Brother, please don't, don't be afraid to speak
D Em D Am
I'm listening, I'm listening,
G C D
I'm listening, I'm listening
I'm listening