How Dare They
Recorded by DIESEL
Album: Single (2025)

(Non Capo)

(Spoken)
(G) Breaker, (D) this one hurts
(G) A young Christian man took a bullet for speaking his (Bm)mind (D)
(G)Name was Charlie Husband, daddy, (D) voice for the kids
Lord, whyfd it go down that? (A)

(Sung)
(Verse)
(Bm)Stage lights cold as a winter rain
One (G)breath, one prayer, then the world went strange
(D)Crowd froze up when the thunder cracked
(A)Truth on a mic and a life attacked
He (Bm)talked about hope and a storming land
(G)Bible in the heart and promise in his hands
But a (D)shadow reached from a cowardfs perch
(A)Cut down a son in the middle of church

(Pre-Chorus)
And I (G)swear if the tables turned the other way
Yfall (Bm)know therefd be fires in the streets today
But here we (G)stand with candles and a falded flag
Begging (Bm)God for mercy on the road we drag

(Chorus)
How dare they (G)steal the breath from a faithful (D)man?
How dare they (A)stain the grass where his boots once (Bm)stand?
They call us (G)evil. Point at our (Bm)cross
Then pull that (D)trigger and reckon no (A)cost
If it were (Bm)theirs, therefd be sirens and (G)flames
But wefre (D)praying for truth, while whisper his (A)name, Charlie
(G) We ainft letting go of your hand

(Verse)
(Bm)Erika holding onto a picture frame
(G)Two little hearts asking whofs to blame
(D)Americafs weeping like a mourning dove
When a (A)voice falls silent that was speaking love
He (Bm)stirred up halls where the lions roar
(G)Told young souls they were made for more
Now we (D)kneel in the quiet where the echoes reign
And (A)promise to carry what he came to bring

(Pre-Chorus)
If the (G)shoes was flipped, youfd hear a different cry
But (Bm)wefll choose the truth and we we wonft reply
With (G)fire for fire, or stone for stone
Wefll (A)stand for justice and we wonft back down

(Chorus)
How dare they (G)steal the breath from a faithful (D)man?
How dare they (A)stain the grass where his boots once (Bm)stand?
They call us (G)evil, point at our (Bm)cross
Then pull that (D)trigger and reckon no (A)cost
If it were (Bm)theirs, therefd be sirens and (G)flames
But wefre (D)praying for truth, while we whisper his (A) name, Charlie
(G) We ainft letting go of your (D)hand

(Instrumental)
|(G) / / / |(Bm) / / / |(D) / / / |(A) / /

(Verse)
Let the (G)sheriff ride and the truth come clean
Let the (Bm)darkness face what itfs never seen
We (G)wonft forget and we wonft lose heart
(A)Sow in his mission where the fields are sparse
To (G)every kid who thinks theyfre alone
(A)Take up the banner and bring it home
(G)Speak whatfs right though the night feels long
Make your (A)life the answer. Make your faith a song - - -

(Chorus)
How dare they (G)steal the breath from a faithful (D)man?
But (A)grace still moves like the river can (Bm)
Wefll lift that (G)cross. Wefll guard that (Bm)flame
Hold tight to (D)hope and say his (A)name
If it were (Bm)theirs, theyfd burn the (G)town
But wefll (D)fight with truth, wefll wonft bow (A) down, Charlie
(G) Your light keeps riding (D)on

(Spoken)
(Bm) For Charlie, (G) for his family
(D) For every kid who needed that voice, (A) wefll carry it now

(Outro.)
(Bm) Rest in the peace, Charley, (G) diesel out (D) / / / |(A) / / / |
|(Bm) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |(A) / / / |
|(Bm) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / / / |(A) / / / |(G) - - - - -