[Intro]
|G Gsus4 | 4x
[Verse 1]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
America's on fire
Gsus4 G Gsus4
There's protests in the street
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C Cmaj7
Her conscience has been looted
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C
And her soul is under siege
Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Am Asus2
Another mother's crying,
Csus2 C Cmaj7
As history repeats
Csus2 C G Gsus4 G
I can't breathe
[Instrumental]
|G Gsus4 | 3x
[Verse 2]
G Gsus4 G
God damn those 8 long minutes
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Lying face down in cuffs on the ground
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2
Bystanders pleaded for mercy
C Cmaj7
As one,
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C
Cop shoved a kid in the crowd
Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Am
When did a judge and a jury
Csus2 C Cmaj7
Become a badge and a knee
Csus2 C G Gsus4 G Gsus4
On these streets?
[Chorus]
C G
Stay alive, stay alive
Am G
Shine a light, stay alive
Em G C
Use your voice and you remember me
G Gsus4 G Gsus4
American reckoning
[Verse 3]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
I'll never know what it's like
Gsus4 G Gsus4
To walk a mile in his shoes
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C Cmaj7
And I'll never have to have the talk
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C
So it don't happen to you
Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4
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Three little words written 'cross the chest
Am Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2
Of a twelve year old who hasn't lived life yet
C G Gsus4 G
"Am I next?
Gsus4 G Gsus4
Am I next?"
[Chorus]
C G
Stay alive, stay alive
Am G
Shine a light, stay alive
Em G C
Use your voice and you remember me
G Gsus4 G Gsus4
American reckoning
[Instrumental Break]
|Em |C |D |D | 2x
|Am |Am |G |G |
|G Gsus4 | 2x
[Bridge]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Is this a moment or movement?
Gsus4 G Gsus4
Is this the tide or a flood?
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C Cmaj7
Is our American reckoning?
Csus2 C Cmaj7
Our story written in blood
C Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4
Or in love
Am Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C
Or in peace
[Instrumental]
|G Gsus4 | 4x
[Chorus]
C G
Stay alive, stay alive
Am G
Shine a light, stay alive
Em G C
Use your voice and you remember me
C G
Stay alive, stay alive
Am G
Shine a light, stay alive
Em G C
Use your voice and you remember me
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
American reckoning
Gsus4 G
In our American reckoning
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