[Intro]
D A E

[Verse 1]
A               D                     F#m
 Sometimes it seems there cannot be peace
              E              D
In a world so armored up in rage
A              D                   F#m
 If I listen now lay my weapons down
             E              D
Then I could lean into Your pain

[Chorus]
D                           A
Let me seek to understand before I'm understood
F#m                              D
Let me want to hear more than I want to be heard
                                    A
You are not a threat to me, You're family
             F#m                E
I need your voice, I need your song
         D
We need true belonging

[Verse 2]
A                  D                    F#m
 Well, the table's long, it goes on and on
                 E          D
There's room for everybody here
A                      D                       F#m
 Bring your difference, Come in with confidence
               E                D
We're not the same without you here


[Chorus]
D                           A
Let me seek to understand before I'm understood
F#m                              D
Let me want to hear more than I want to be heard
                                    A
You are not a threat to me, You're family
             F#m                E
I need your voice, I need your song
         D
We need true belonging


[Bridge]
 A
This is how they'll know
    D
This is how they'll know us
F#m
By our love
D
By our love
 A
This is how they'll know
    D
This is how they'll know us
F#m
By our love
D
By our love

[Chorus]
D                           A
Let me seek to understand before I'm understood
F#m                              D
Let me want to hear more than I want to be heard
                                    A
You are not a threat to me, You're family
             F#m                E
I need your voice, I need your song
         D
We need true belonging

[Close]
 A
This is how they'll know
    D
This is how they'll know us
F#m
By our love
D
By our love
 A
This is how they'll know
    D
This is how they'll know us
F#m
By our love
D
By our love