Bm
Take us to the prisoner
Bm/A
Let us gaze into his eyes
G D9/F#
To see what kind of man
Em C
It takes a nation to despise
Bm
Take us to the prisoner
Bm/A
Let us look upon his face
G D9/F#
To see why twenty thousand men
Em C - C7M - C
Would gladly take his place
G
Won't someone give a drink to him?
D/F# Em C
Remove the chains and let him live
G - G4 - G - G4 - G - G4 - G
Let him live
Bm
Take us to the prisoner
Bm/A
Let us listen to his voice
G D9/F#
To see why worlds of wisdom's
Em C
In a cell without a choice
Bm
Take us to the prisoner
Bm/A
Torn and bent beneath the chains
G D9/F#
We wonder if the world is really
Em C - C7M - C
Worthy of his name?
G
Won't someone give a drink to him?
D/F# Em C
Remove the chains and let him live
G - G4 - G - G4 - G - G4 - G
Let him live
Cm
We know where we're going
For we heard the new winds blowing
G D/F# Em G
And we're got to know, for ourselves
C F
It won't help to listen to someone else
[Solo]
Bm
Take us to the prisoner
Bm/A
With his eyes so full of grace
G
The priests have lied
D9/F#
And kings have died
Em C - C7M - C
Filled with their own disgrace
G
Won't someone give a drink to him?
D/F# Em C
Remove the chains and let him live
G - G4 - G - G4 - G - G
Let him live
G - G4 - G - G4 - G - G
Let him live
G
Let him live
