Intro riff:
Bm A
e|---------2-3-2-----------0-2-----|
B|---0-3-0-------------2-----------|
G|---------------2---2---2-----2-4-| x2
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
verse 1:
Bm (no riff) A
I see the glory of the Lord every time the sun rises
Bm
I hear the unheard screams of a broken heart
A G
Because every day a son dies
Bm (with riff)
27 million slaves but no plantation
A
27 million slaves, all different races
Bm
This is not the picture the Lord painted in Genesis
A G
Silence is our enemy, our voices can end it
D G/D D
I have dreamed of a kingdom coming where
Bm G D
Evil drowns in mercy streams (we won't stop 'til we see)
D G/D D
I want to see those rivers of justice
Bm G D
So I use my voice for those who can't speak
Bm G D
I will use my voice for those who can't speak
verse 2:
Bm (with riff)
Yeah, yeah, when it's all said and done
A
Yeah, I pray that everything we said is done
Bm
I don't want my son to say I was one of the ones
A G
That watched 27 million suffer and never say (nothing)
Bm7
No, no, I won't be that
A
I don't deserve a mic if I ain't got no feedback
Bm7
Bring back every girl from the west to the east that
A N.C.
He crafted for His glory, not for making you green backs
I dream that
Bm7
Every ounce of brokenness and disease that
A
Bring that to the cross, believe that He redeems that
Bm7
Sees that type of world that my daughters can breathe in
A G
Where the beautiful feet that go where the needs at
Chorus 1
Interlude:
D
Yeah
D
Come on, come on
Bridge:
G A4
Oh, none of here are just a number
D G
We all have a name like any other
Em7 G
There's breath inside your lungs, and you are my brother
D A N.C.
My God, when will we stand, stand together
Chorus 2:
G/D D
I want to be the kingdom coming where
Bm G D
Evil drowns in mercy streams
D G/D D
Oh, let me see those rivers of justice
Bm G D
So I use my voice for those who can't speak
Bm G D
I will use my voice for those who can't speak
Bm G D
I use my voice for those who can't speak
Outro: D
Chorus riff:
Part 1 Part 2
e|---------------------------------|-----------------0-2-3-2---------|
B|---2-3-5-3-2---------------3-----|---2-3-5-3-2---------------------|
G|-------------2-4-----------------|-------------2-4-----------------|
D|-----------------2-4-2-0---------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
For Chorus 1, play the parts in this order: 1, 2, 1, 2, 2
For Chorus 2, play the parts in this order: 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2