verse 1 

       C           F            C 
Is it time for a speech or for silence 
           C         F        C 
Are you calling for peace or defiance 
           Am       G/B        F/A 
Is this darkening counsel or wisdom 
       Am      G            C/G 
Are we all perpetrators or victims? 

verse 2 

            C       F          C 
Is this childlike simple rote history 
        C        F          C 
Is it complex deciphering mystery 
           Am       G/B         F/A 
Is this blessing or ill gotten wealth 
        Am         G      C/G 
Am I speaking for God or myself? 


[Refrão]
 
     G/B     Am          F/A       C/E 
It’s a hard world for a second guess girl 
     G/B      Am   F/A    C 
With one hand and another 
       G/B       Am          F         C 
I try to take it in but it leaves me spinning 
        Dm          G         C 
Trying to love my sister and brother 

verse 3 
            C        F         C 
Is this confidence born of a calling 
         C        F            C 
Is this ego and pride before falling 
          Am        G/B              F/A 
Are we standing to fight for what’s right 
         Am         G        C/G 
Are we angry and hopelessly blind? 

verse 4 
          C           F       C 
Are we companions of Job or prophets of God 
        C            F             C 
Are we not of this world or just painfully odd 
       Am           G/B            F/A 
Is it time for free grace or tough love 
      Am       G       C/G 
Or a little of all the above? 


[Refrão]

     G/B     Am          F/A       C/E 
It’s a hard world for a second guess girl 
     G/B      Am   F/A    C 
With one hand and another 
       G/B       Am          F         C 
I try to take it in but it leaves me spinning 
        Dm          G         C 
Trying to love my sister and brother 

Bridge 
F/A          C         Dm         G 
Sooner or later we’ll know more about it 
F/A          C            Dm      G 
Sooner or later we’ll understand why 
          Dm           C/G 
We’ll understand why 

Verse 5 
        C          F             C 
Is it time for a speech or for silence 
           C         F        C 
Are you calling for peace or defiance 
           Am       G/B        F/A 
Is this darkening counsel or wisdom 
       Am      G            C/G 
Are we all perpetrators or victims? 


[Refrão]

     G/B     Am          F/A       C/E 
It’s a hard world for a second guess girl 
     G/B     Am     F/A   C 
With one hand and another 
       G/B       Am           F         C 
I try to take it in and it leaves me spinning 
         Dm         G          C 
Trying to love my sister and brother 
       Dm   Am    F/A          F     C     G 
It’s a hard hard world for a second guess girl 
           Dm       G               C 
Trying to love my sister, love my brother