F                          C
They should have shut down all the streets
G               Em
Presidents and kings should have been there
                  F
With not a single empty seat
Em               A               F#m                     Bm
All the schools closed, and the roads we drove down all lined
G                 A               F#m                    Bm
Lined with people cap in hand and crying
G                 A                           F
That went on for miles and miles and miles and miles

[Bridge 1]

F C C G (x2)

[Verse 2]

F                          C
They should have shut down all the streets
G               Em
All the papers plastered with tributes
                         F
We should have asked for privacy
Em               A                        F#m          Bm
Though we understand it that some want to share their pain
G                 A                F#m   Bm
We would ask to grieve this in our quiet way
G                    A                          F
And they should have asked again and again and again

[Bridge 2]

F C C G (x2)

[Verse 3]

F                          C
They should have shut down all the streets
G                Em
All the bouquets piled on the doorstep
                         F
And pages filled with crayon hearts
Em             A                            F#m          Bm
That a second grade class had made in their school that day
G                   A              F#m        Bm
Because the teacher had to give in some small way
G                       A                           F
And there weren't that many ways left for her to say it