Tenth Avenue North – Im Listening Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

This is the chord progression of I’m Listening by Tenth Avenue North on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G Em

[Verse 1]
Em
Why didn’t anyone believe
D                           C
A single word when you said it was
G                    D                   C
It was your father’s friend
Em
Yeah, only fourteen, life goes on
D                                                                               C
Who knows, you prob’ly brought this on yourself
G         D                    C
It’s better not to tell

[Chorus]
G                                       Em                    D                    G
Mother, mother, how many tears have you cried?
Em                    D                    C                           D
Mother, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
G                    Em                    D                    G
Mother, how many years before you could breathe?
Em                    D                                       C
Mother, I won’t turn away when you speak
D        Em      D             Em
I’m listening, I’m listening

[Verse 2]
Em
To a daughter now it happens too
G                                       D                    C
Freshman year, he’s waiting in your bed
G                    D          C
Suppose to be a friend
Em
You tried to forget the way you felt
D                                                          C
You fought, but he forced himself on you
G                    D          C
He left you black and blue

[Chorus]
G         Em                    D                    G
Sister, why did nobody trust your cries?
Em                    D             C                     D
Sister, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
G                    Em                    D                    G
Sister, you are braver than you believed
Em                                       D                    C
Together we will find a way to healing
D           Em      D        Em
I’m listening, I’m listening

[Bridge]
Em                                       D
And brother, where could you go?
C
Honestly, we don’t know what to do
Am
When a teacher takes what he took from you
Em                                       G
And brother, where could you run?
C
Shame turned you silent and made a prison
Am
Could you learn to speak again
C Am
If we were only listening?

[Chorus]
G                    Em                    D                    G
Brother, there is freedom for you to cry
Em                    D                    C                    D
Brother, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
G                    Em                    D                    G
Brother, I pray you can begin to breathe
G                    Em                    D                         C
Brother, please don’t, don’t be afraid to speak
D         Em         D          Am
I’m listening, I’m listening,
G                    C                    D
I’m listening, I’m listening
I’m listening