D               Bb       F
A court is in session, a verdict is in
D                 Bb
No appeal on the docket today
     F            C
Just my own sin
D                      Bb
The walls are cold and pale
F                        C
The cage made of steel
D     F     Bb
Screams fill the room
F
Alone I drop and kneel
D       Bb
Silence now the sound
F                         C
My breath the only motion around
D       Bb
Demons cluttering around
F                           D
My face showing no emotion
D             Bb
Shackled by my sentence
F                     C
Expecting no return
D           Bb
Here there is no penance
F
My skin begins to burn
 
 
[Chorus]
 
F                                   Em
(And I said oh) So I held my head up high
Em              D       Eb
Hiding hate that burns inside
Eb                               D
Which only fuels their selfish pride
F
(And I said oh) We're held captive
C            Em
Out from the sun
Em                C
A sun that shines on only some
Eb                      D
We the meek are all in one
 
 
[Solo]
 
D  Bb  F  C  D
 
 
[Verse]
 
D        Bb             F
I hear a thunder in the distance
F                 D
See a vision of a cross
D          Bb
I feel the pain that was given
F                    C
On that sad day of loss
D            Bb
A lion roars in the darkness
F                      D
Only he holds the key
D                  Bb
A light to free me from my burden
    F                        D
And grant me life eternally
 
 
D                 Bb
Should have been dead
            F
On a Sunday morning          X2
           C        D
Banging my head
D            Bb
No time for mourning
      F              C  D
Ain't got no time
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C           F                       Em
(And I said oh) So I held my head up high
            C          Eb
Hiding hate that burns inside
                               D
Which only fuels their selfish pride
F                          C
(And I said oh) We're held captive
             Em
Out from the sun
                      D
A sun that shines on only some
Eb                     D
We the meek are all in one
 
 
[Guitar break]
 
F C D Bb F C Bb D Bb
 
 
[Bridge]
 
F
I cry out to God
        C         D
Seeking only his decision
        Bb
Gabriel stands and confirms
F                   C     D  Bb
I've created my own prison
F
I cry out to God
C                   D
Seeking only his decision
Bb
Gabriel stands and confirms
F                   C       D
I've created my own prison
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Bb          F                     Em
(And I said oh) So I held my head up high
C                       Eb
Hiding hate that burns inside
                         Bb      D
Which only fuels their selfish pride
F
(And I said oh) We're held captive
             Em
Out from the sun
                     C    Eb
A sun that shines on only some
                       D
We the meek are all in one
D            F                      Em
(And I said oh) So I held my head up high
                 C      Eb
Hiding hate that burns inside
                       Bb      D
Which only fuels their selfish pride
D           F
(And I said oh) We're held captive
             Em
Out from the sun
                          Eb
A sun that shines on only some
                       D    F
We the meek are all in one
F                              Em
Should've been dead on a Sunday morning
 
banging my head
Eb
No time for mourning
F     D
Ain't got no time