Key: A minor•
Verse 1
G
F
why do you cry?
Am
F
C
She said your brother
Am
G
Am
he just died
G
F
Well I told him not to go outside
C
Am
for his country's right
G
Am
mo- mother
Verse 2
Am
F
Don't you know that we can't
G
Am
stop the violence, no
F
G
Am
Because the war is not over
D
Dm
F
Until you can feel love,
G
Am
peace, and hear silence
But I smell gunpowder (pow)
Verse 3
Am
G
F
My brother's been dead ever since
F
C
G
Am
but when I saw him I was convinced
Two shots to the head he
G
F
was already dead Lord
Fm
C
I headed for revenge in the city
F
G
Am
Screaming bro- brother
Verse 4
Am
F
Don't you know that we can't
G
Am
stop the violence, no
F
G
Am
Because the war is not over
D
F
G
Until you can feel love, peace,
But I smell gunpowder (pow)
Verse 5
gunpowder (pow)
(We don't need no, we don't need no,
G
Am
I wanna know why ghetto people pray for a new day Hey,
Em
G
hey, heeey
F
Dm
Am
Good things come to those who wait
F
Dm
(Do good things come to those who wait?)
F
Dm
Am
Good things come to those who wait
F
Dm
(Do good things come to those who wait?)
G
Dm
F
we wanna know
G
Am
Pe- people
Verse 6
Am
F
G
Don't you know that we can't
F
G
Am
Because the war is not over
D
F
G
Until you can feel love, peace,
But I smell gunpowder (pow)
Verse 7
Shaolin's gunpowder (gunpowder)
Uptown's gunpowder (gunpowder) Jersey's
gunpowder (gunpowder)
Even New Zealand's gunpowder (gunpowder) Australia's
gunpowder (gunpowder)
Brixton's gunpowder (gunpowder) Even
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAm G F C Fm...
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