Key: F major
Intro 1
Dm
F
Dm
F
You
Verse 1
Am
F
can
Dm
Ab
take the shirt off my back
Cm
Gsus4
Dm
To lay the tracks of a railroading
F
Dm
And you can take the
F
Ab
smile off my face
Cm
Gsus4
Dm
F
And take its place with your hurting
Dm
F
Gsus4
But you can't have my beloved
G
Am
F
No, you can't have my beloved
G
Gsus4
F
Gsus4
F
You can 't take my
Eb
F
Dm
beloved from me
You might block the sky
Cm
from the earth
Ab
Cm
Gsus4
Dm
You're still not worth more than we
F
Dm
F
Dm
An d maybe
you believe your one
Ab
Cm
Gsus4
God is reason to rob
Dm
us of our dignity
F
G
But you can't have our beloved
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
F
No, you can't have our
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
F
Bb
F
Dm
beloved
As human beings we
share this space
So can't we see in every face
A line of moments, breathing still
Building to this present will
To survive a history
Mightier than bigotry
A line of love and blood and flesh
F
Music, dancing, feasting, sex
G
Anger, sorrow, envy, joy
Boasting, humbling, chasing, coy
In Jasper, Texas, or Laramie
High school, heart, or refugee
Dm
Am
Is there some place
Dm
on this great earth
Am
Where one can love and
quench one's thirst
And cool one's face and
F
hold one's mate
Am
Dm
Free and safe from fear -filled hate
Ab
Go on, build your town behind walls
Gsus4
Dm
and block all calls for interplay.
Ab
You can mop the floor with my ass,
Gsus4
it still won't wipe the past
F
Dm
F
away.
Dm
F
G
Cause you can't have a beloved
Gsus4
F
G
No, you can't have a beloved
F
No, you can't have
G
F
No, no you can't have
Gsus4
Na -na -na -na -na,
Ab
na -na -na -na -na,
Ab
Gsus4
F
na -na -n a -na -na, na -na -na -na -na, na -na -n a -na -na,
Dm
na -na -na -na -na, na -na -na -na -na, na -na -na -na -na, na -na -na -na -na,
na na -na -na -na -na, na -na -na -na -na, na -na -na -na -na -na,
na na -na -na -na -na -na,
na -na -na -na, na -na -na
No, no, no
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