We Shall Overcome Chords

[Intro]
N.C.
Maybe I'm not here to be a superstar after all
N.C.
Maybe I'm here to pray for all those who have lost hope along the way
N.C.
Venceremos, venceremos
Am            Em B          Em Am           Em B7            Em
   Yo recuerdo     yo perdon      recordamos     y perdonamos
 
 
[Verse 1]
                    Am
I'm on the verge of everything
                            Em
Reluctantly surrendering so honestly
                         B7
Tiptoe to the edge of my destiny
                           Em
Free fall backwards, great mystery speakin' to me, the pain of the youth
       Am
The confusion of the people and their struggle for truth
     Em
Yeah,  regroup and renew
        B7
Time to regroup, renew the ambition of a nation
Em
Zombies treadin' on decaying foundation
Am
Wasting, creating hostility among us
Em
Turning our back on our mother
      B7
We're turning our back on our mother
 
 
[Chorus]
Em   Esus G    G/G#  Am
Look at   what we've done
    Em         B7          Em  Esus G G/G#
I remember I remember I forgive
    Am         Em         B7          Em
I remember I remember I remember I forgive
 
 
[Verse 2]
                   Am
These people are relentless, senseless, violent and racist
   Em
Providing installation in my day-to-day, endless
B7
Positivity can definitely be contagious
Em
Persuasive, cause I'm speaking my truth
      Am
I got pennies in my pockets, but I'm picking fresh fruits
     Em
Yeah,  picking fresh fruits
    B7
Got pennies in my pockets, but I'm picking fresh fruits
     Em
Yeah,  whoa
         Am
'Cause I live in a land of abundance
          Em
Where the rain off my roof is sacred and precious
           B7
And now we get to work and be found riding horses
 Em
Enormous with the courage that we like to front
            Am
Bringin' it back to the land when there was food to hunt
    Em
And yeah, when there was food to hunt
    B7
And yeah, oh
 
 
[Chorus]
      Em  Esus G        G/G# Am
I got one last thing on my   mind
    Em         B7          Em  Esus G G/G#
I remember I remember I forgive
    Am         Em         B7          Em
I remember I remember I remember I forgive
 
 
[Verse 3]
                 Am
I'm learning the language of the planet we inhabit and stab it with
    Em
The chemicals that we practice and I've had it with habits, it's tragic
B7
  This trajectory course that we're on
    Em
Separated from the dirt, from ourselves, from the song
      Am
Every robot sings, with his hand to his heart:
        Em
"I will kill for God, and I will hit my mark
           B7
And I will stand like a fool for three colors of treason"
  Em
Nobody's bombing me, but other countries are weeping
             Am
Choppin' the mountains in half
                                    Em
Can't you hear the earth screamin'?
                  B7
Whoaoh, can't you hear the Earth screamin'? Oh
      Am                                      Em
Blood oil for dinner, better have an appetite,  yeah
         B7
Cause we rape, pillage and plunder
 
 
[Chorus]
           Em   Esus G     G/G# Am
So you can heat your house to - night
    Em         B7          Em  Esus G G/G#
I remember I remember I forgive
    Am         Em         B7          Em  Esus G G/G# Am
I remember I remember I remember I forgive
 
 
[Bridge]
       Am
All my empowered people, put your ones up!
     Em
Recognize our tribes are independent and restless
B7
Searching for purpose beneath the rubble and wreckage
    Em
The message: Forgiveness starts with me!
Am               Em
   Yeah! With me!   Oh no
     B7
Stop blaming other people, take on the responsibility
   Em    Esus     G   G/G#
Of generations to come
         Am                                           Em
May they live in a world without governments and guns
                             B7
Without governments and guns
    Em Esus G G/G#
Ay, no
     Am
Your people who killed my people
   Em
My people killed your people
        B7
But our people are all one people
 Em          Esus        G          G/G#
United by compassion for humanity's sake
   Am
We wake and meditate on the light of a new day
    Em
New chapter in the book of a thousand tongues
B7
  Yeah, a thousand tongues
 
Em Esus  G   G/G#  Am
We shall o - ver - come
    Em         B7          Em  Esus G G/G# Am Am/A# Bm Bm/C
I remember I remember I forgive
 
 
[Outro]
     C                 B7                 C
Ooh yeah, we shall overcome (We shall overcome)
                   B7                 C
Yeah, we shall overcome (We shall overcome)
                B7                   C
I remember, I remember (We shall overcome)
                B7                   C
I remember, I remember (We shall overcome)
                   B7                 C
Yeah, we shall overcome (We shall overcome)
                B7                   C
I remember, I remember (We shall overcome)
               B7                 C
Ooo yeah, I forgive (We shall overcome)
                B7
I remember, I remember
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