Hard To Make A Stand

[Intro]
F#  B  2x


[Verse]
F#
Old James Dean Monroe
B
Hands out flowers at the shop-n-go
F#                                  B
Hopes for money but all he gets is fear
        F#
And the wind blows up his coat
    B
And this he scribbles on a perfume note
    F#                             B
"If I'm not here, then you're not here"


[Pre-Chorus]

And he says,
 F#    C#  B      F#
"Call me miscreation,
B     F#        B   C#
I'm a walking celebration"


[Chorus]
         F#                      B
And it's hard to make a stand
           F#                       B
Yeah, it's hard to make a stand
          F#                       B
Ohh, it's hard to make a stand


[Verse]
F#
My friend, o Lawdy
B
Went to take care of her own body
F#                            B
But she got shot down in the road
F#
She looked up before she went
       B
Said, "this isn't really what I meant"
        F#                                B
And the daily news said, "two with one stone"


[Pre-Chorus]

And I say,
 F#     C#     B     F#
"Hey, there, miscreation,
B       F#       B        C#
Bring a flower, time is wasting"


[Chorus]
         F#                       B
And it's hard to make a stand
         F#                       B
And it's hard to make a stand
         F#                       B
Oh, it's hard to make a stand
             F#                       B
Oh, it's hard to make a stand

Yes it is


[Bridge]
D#m  B   G#m   C#


[Verse]
       F#
We got loud guitars and quite suspicions
B
Big, big guns and small ambitions
F#                              B
And we still argue over who is God


[Pre-Chorus]

And I say,
 F#    C#     B    F#
"Hey there, miscreation
B       F#       B       C#
Bring a flower, time is wasting"

I say,
 F#   C#      B    F#
"Hey there, miscreation
B      F#      C#
We all need a celebration"


[Chorus]
     F#                       B
It's hard to make a stand
         F#                       B
And it's hard to make a stand
         F#                       B
Oh, it's hard to make a stand
           F#                       B
Yeah, it's hard to make a stand
             F#                       B
I think it's hard to make a stand


[Outro]
F#  B  4x