Key: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I woke up this
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mornin'
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There were tears in my bed
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They killed a man I really loved
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Shot him through the head
Verse 2
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Lord, Lord,
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they cut George Jackson down
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Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
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Verse 3
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Sent him off to prison
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For a seventy-dollar robbery
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robbery
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They closed the door behind him
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And they threw away the key
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Lord, Lord, they
Verse 4
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cut George Jackson down
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Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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He wouldn't take shit from no one
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He wouldn't bow down or kneel
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Au thorities, they hated him
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Because he was just too real
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Lord, Lord, they
Verse 6
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cut George Jackson down
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Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
Interlude 2
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Verse 7
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Prison guards, they cursed him
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As they watched him from above
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But they were frightened of
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his power
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They were scared of his love
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Lord, Lord,
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so they cut George Jackson down
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Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
Interlude 3
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Verse 9
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Sometimes I think this whole world
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is one big prison yard
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Some of us are prisoners
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The rest of us are guards
Verse 10
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Lord, Lord,
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they cut George Jackson down
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Lord, Lord, they laid him in the ground
Outro 1
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