build a bridge chords by Mavis Staples

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (F major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (F major)  (E minor) I'm  (G major) tired
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of us  (B minor) living so  (G major) lonely  (F major)  (E minor) 
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I  (G major) think I know what  (F major) to do  (E minor) 
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Gonna  (G major) build a bridge right over  (C major) the moun (E minor) tain
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I will walk  (G major) right over to you  (E minor)  (G major) 

Verse 2
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Look around at our city  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (G major) Look at us  (Baug) out    on  (G major) the street  (F major)  (C major) 
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Got  (G major) kids looking over  (F major) their shoulder  (C major) 
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 (G major) People looking down at  (F major) their feet  (C major) 
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 (D major) I'm tired

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Verse 3

of us living so lonely

I hope I know what to do

Gonna build a bridge right over the ocean

I'm coming right over for you

Verse 4
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 (G major) When I say  (B minor) my  life  (F major) mat (E minor) ters
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 (G major) You can say  (E minor) yours does  (F major) too  (E minor) 
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 (B minor) But I bet  (G major) you never have  (B minor) 
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to  (F major) remind any (E minor) one
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 (B minor) To look  (G major) at it from your  (B minor) 
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point  (F major) of view  (E minor) 
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 (D major) Gotta build

Verse 5
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 (G major) a bridge right
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 (D major) over  (C major) the moun (F major) tain
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 (E minor)  (D major) Gotta  (G major) build it right over  (F major) the sea  (E minor) 
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Gonna build  (G major) a bridge right
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 (D major) over  (F major) the ocean (E minor) 
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So  (D major) you can  (G major) walk right over  (F major) to me
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 (E minor)  (D major) 

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Verse 6
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 (G major) Look around at our coun (F major) try  (C major) 
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 (G major) At the people that we don't
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ever see  (F major)  (C major) 
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Standing  (G major) side by side us divided  (F major)  (G major) 
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Lonely in the land of  (F major) the free  (C major) 
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 (D major) I'm gonna pull

Verse 7
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 (G major) the shades  (B minor) off
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from  (G major) my win (F major) dow  (E minor) 
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I'm  (D major) gonna  (G major) let the sunlight
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 (B minor)  (F major) in (G major)  (E minor) 
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I'm gonna  (G major) open my heart  (B minor) to  (F major) a strange  (E minor) 
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 (D major) I think  (G major) I know  (B minor) where to  (F major) begin  (C major) 
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I'm  (D major) gonna build

Verse 8
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 (G major) a bridge
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right over  (F major) the moun (E minor) tain
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 (D major) I   (G major) think I know what to do  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (D major) Gonna  (G major) build a bridge right over  (F major) the ocean
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 (E minor) I'm  (D major) gonna  (G major) walk right over  (F major) to you  (C major) 
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I'm  (G major) gonna