Key: F# minor•
Verse 1
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Black day in July,
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Mo tor City madness has
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touched the countryside
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And through the smoke and cinders
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you can hear it far and wide
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The door are quickly bolted and
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the children locked inside
Verse 2
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Black day in July,
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And the soul of Motor City is
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feared across the land
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As the book of law and or
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der is taken in the hand s
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Of the sons of the fath ers
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who were carried to this land
Verse 3
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black day in July
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In the streets of Motor City there's
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a deadly silent sound
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And the body of a dead youth lies
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stretched upon the ground
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Upon the filthy pavements
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no reason can be found
Verse 4
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Black day in July, black day in July
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Mo tor City madness has
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touched the countryside
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And the people rise in anger and
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the streets begin to fill
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And there's gunfire from the rooftops
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and the blood begins to spill
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Black Day in July
Verse 5
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In the mansion of the Governor
There's nothing that is known for sure
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The telephone is ringing
And the pendulum is swinging
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And the wonder how it happened
And they really know the reason
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And it was n't just the temperature
Verse 6
And it wasn't just the season
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Black day in July, black day in Ju ly
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Mo tor City's burning and the
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flames are running wild
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They reflect upon the waters
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of the river and the lake
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And everyone is listening and
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everyone's awake
Verse 7
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ly, black day in Ju ly
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The printing press is turning and
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the news is quickly flashed
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And you read your morning paper
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and you sip your cup of tea
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And you wonder just in passing,
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is it him or is it me?
Verse 8
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ly
Verse 9
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The deed is done the troops are sent
There's really not much choice you see
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they can
Verse 10
The speech is made the dues can wait
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Black day in July,
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The streets of Motor City now are
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are quiet and serene
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But the shapes of gutted build ings
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strike terror to the heart
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And you say how did it happen? And
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you say how did it start?
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Why can't we all be broth ers? Why
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can't we live in peace?
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But the hands of the the have- nots
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keep falling out of reach
Verse 11
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Black day in July
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Black day in July
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