Ignorance Is The Enemy by Rodney Crowell Guitar Chords

[Intro]
C  Am  C  Am

[Chorus]
    C                 Am
Oh Mother, oh Father, in our time of fear
F                         Am
Grant us the wisdom, Your message for to hear
C                             Am
Send down Your angel band to fill our hearts with power
    F                 Am                  Am/G
Oh Mother, oh Father, in our darkest hour

VERSE 1 (Emmylou Harris):
C                     C/E  Am
Ignorance is the enemy,     and it fills your head with lies
F                                                       Am
It's the kind of bliss that can make you miss the very truth before your eyes
C                             C/E              Am
It's not who's right or wrong, weak or strong, black or white you see
F                       Am                                 G
Ignorance is the enemy, and it's keeping you from me

[Chorus]
C                               Am
Forgive me all my pettiness, forgive me all my grief
   F                              Am                      Am/G
Forgive me for I know not how to live this life I lead

VERSE 2 (John Prine):
C                      C/E  Am
Ignorance IS the enemy,     let's set the record straight
F                              Am
If history must repeat itself, why worry while you wait
C                                       C/E  Am
It's a perfect blue and beautiful world,      you treat with such disdain
F                        Am                             G
Ignorance is the enemy, and it can only bring ya pain

[Chorus]
C                            Am
Forgive me all my vanity, forgive me my conceit
F                                   Am                        C
Forgive me when I'm crawlin' like a beggar at your feet

VERSE 3 (Rodney Crowell):
C                      C/E Am
Ignorance is the enemy,     and it wields a mighty sword
F                                        Am
It can cut you down in a blaze of glory, it can nail you to a board
C                                        C/E  Am
If mercy and compassion only had a chance,     it could fill these holes we've dug
F                          Am                          G
But ignorance is the enemy, and it's workin' like a drug

[Chorus]
    C                 Am
Oh Mother, oh Father, in our time of fear
F                         Am
Grant us the wisdom, Your message for to hear
C                            Am
Send down Your angel band to fill our hearts with power
   F                  Am
Oh Mother, oh Father, in our darkest hour

             2x
Am Am/G Am