Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Dylan
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Am
Dm
D
there were tears in my bed
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G
They killed a man I really loved,
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Am
C
Dm
D
Am
shot him the head
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F
Lord, Lord, they cut George
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Dm
C
Jackson down
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C
Lord, they laid him in the ground.
Verse 2
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Am
G
Sent him off to prison for
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Am
Dm
a seventy- dollar robbery
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Am
G
F
Closed the door behind him and
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Dm
C
threw away the key
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Dm
G
C
Jackson down
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G
Lord, they laid him in the ground.
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Verse 3
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C
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G
He wouldn't take shit from no one,
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Am
Dm
he wouldn't bow down or kneel
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Am
G
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Authorities, they hated him because
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Dm
C
he was just too real
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Dm
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Jackson down
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G
Lord, they laid him in
the ground.
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Am
Verse 4
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F
Am
Dm
cursed him from above
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Am
G
But they were frightened of his power,
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Am
Dm
C
they were scared of his love
Lord, Lord,
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Dm
C
they cut George Jackson down
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G
Lord, they laid him in the ground.
Interlude 1
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F
E
Em
Dm
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Em
Dm
G
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Am
G
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Dm
D
G
C
Am
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Dm
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Dm
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G
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Verse 5
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G
Sometimes I think this whole world
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Am
Dm
is one big prison yard
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G
Some of us are prisoners,
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Am
Dm
C
the rest of us are guards
Lord, Lord,
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Dm
C
they cut George Jackson down
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G
C
Lord, they laid him in the ground.
Verse 6
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Dm
D
C
Jackson down
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G
C
Lord, they laid him in the ground.
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