This is Melissa's song "Testify" from the 1989 album "Brave and Crazy".
Tuning is standard, no capo used. Have fun!
Intro: 2x
Verse 1:
Morning’s hard, coffee’s cold
Pretending that the day mean more than getting old
Stale headlines others drenched in pride
Marching to their drums with fear standing beside
But if I close my eyes and throw back my head
I can see his face and I hear the words he said
And my memories ache and my senses burn
Did he dream too late will we ever learn
Chorus:
I, I want to testify
My love still lives and breathes
And my soul is screaming why
The thoughts won’t let me sleep
Don’t let hearts break
And don’t let children cry
Before it get’s too late
I want to testify
Verse 2:
I take what’s said as my daily bread
I turn the page and I turn my head
I pick I choose on the evening news
Caused by cause they fight and one by one they loose
Must I live my days in these concrete ways
Will the fre break through this smokey haze
And I swear tonight I’m gonna find that place
It’s not the love that dies but the understanding ways
Chorus:
I, I want to testify
My love still lives and breathes
And my soul is screaming why
The thoughts won’t let me sleep
Don’t let hearts break
And don’t let children cry
Before it get’s too late
I want to testify
Bridge:
Rip through the wire that screens in my window
Throw open the shade that covers my mind
I’m going to touch I’ve got to believe
The bell tolls for me
Chorus 2x
and end.