Key: E minor•
Intro 1
Em
D
C
Verse 1
Em
D
C
Em
Ma cried like a Pa
D
C
Em
cried like a man
D
C
1963, one less Kennedy
Em
D
And I was too young
C
Am
to understand
D
Em
And the years flew by in colors,
Am
G
each one a little faster than before.
C
Am
And when the war calls some to cry,
G
D
Em
Am
I'd identify my TV
Bsus4
B
keeping score.
Em
A
Growing up in the shadow of the USA,
Am
Em
A
Am
Em
A
Am
You're the hero, you're the villain
Em
D
You're every move is on display
C
Screamed the un derground
D
Em
D
It being black meant more than race,
C
meant more than pride
Em
D
C
Before 1968, some said it was too late
Em
D
C
Two friends I'd never met had died
Am
D
Em
I felt so fast growing older
Am
G
As I studied politics in junior high
D
C
Am
So foolishly profound,
G
With the awareness I
D
Em
thought I'd found.
Am
Then the moon came crashing
B
Bsus4
B
from the sky.
D
Em
A
Growing up in the shadow
Am
of the U .S .A.
Em
A
Trying to find the meaning
Am
of a life today
Em
A
Oh, America, it's a heavy kind
Am
of throw you play
You're the hero, you're the villain
Em
D
C
Your every move is on display
Em
D
C
Em
Ma cried like a Pa
D
C
cried like a man
Em
D
C
1963, one less candy
Em
D
C
And I was too young to understand
Em
D
C
We were all too young to understand
Outro 1
Understand
C
Em
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm D C Am G...
Em
D
C
Am
G
Bsus4
B
A
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