Note: these chords are from their website, available for free. I just changed them
so they're easier to read and play (and able to be transposed into different
keys). Version one had some weird alignment issues as well.
Faint Not, by Jenny & Tyler
(c) 2010 One Eyed Cat Music (BMI)
Capo 1
Intro:
Dm C/E F Fadd9 (2x)
Verse 1:
Dm C/E F Fadd9
The problem's not a gun, not a color, not a hundred dollar bill.
Dm C/E F Fadd9
We think the struggle can be won with simple thoughts like "come together; be good-willed".
Bb C Dm
The gap between the rich and poor is spreading out all the more or so they say.
Csus C
We ignore the claims.
Chorus:
Bb F C Dm C Bb F C Dm C
Oh my soul, faint not, no, faint not.
Bb F C Dm C Bb F C
Oh my soul, keep up, up, in love.
Dm C/E F Fadd9 Dm C/E F Fadd9
Faint not.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jenny_and_tyler/faint_not_crd_ver_2.html ]
Verse 2:
Dm C/E F
It's not that we don't know, or we're not shown the proof of poverty.
Dm C/E F
It's not that we don't have the tools to go and break this yoke of slavery.
Bb C Dm
We quit because it's not an easy fix and then forget that they are even there;
Csus C
We forget to care.
Chorus:
Bb F C Dm C Bb F C Dm C
Oh my soul, faint not, no, faint not.
Bb F C Dm C Bb F C
Oh my soul, keep up, up, in love.
Bridge:
Bb F C
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Bb F C
Where there is injury, let me pardon.
Bb F C Bb Dm C/E
Where there is darkness, let the light come, come.
Chorus (acoustic):
Bb F C Dm C Bb F C Dm C
Oh my soul, faint not, no, faint not.
Bb F C Dm C Bb F C
Oh my soul, keep up, up, in love.
Chorus (full):
Bb (mute) F C Dm C Bb F C Dm C
Oh my soul, faint not, no, faint not.
Bb F C Dm C Bb F C
Oh my soul, keep up, up, in love.
Dm
Faint not.
Outro:
Dm C/E F Fadd9 (4x)
