I Do This For The Dead chords by Might Mo Rodgers

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Verse 1
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stand on the shoulders of giants
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They help me see so far
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ahead
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I don't do this for the living
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I   do this for the dead
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Now, we, as a people,
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have so many unsung heroes who kept us righteous an d strong.
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And through us, they live on.
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I'm talking about grandmothers an       d grandfather
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s who are on the other side praying for me and
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you.
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And mothers an  d fathers and other kin
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folks over there praying too.
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They're calling out your
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name and  that's why I sing. I stand
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on the shoulders of giants.
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They helped me see so far
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ahead. I   don't do this for the living, no,
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no. I   do this for the dead.
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Now sometimes, I know you feel helpless and hopeless,
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saddled with a weariness too.
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Well, we are the people of the blues,
but
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God has always been with me and you.
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And after so many years in the wilderness,
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this much I know is true.
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We've learned our lesson,
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there's no more guessing.
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No one believes as much as we do.
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And so I say to you,
that you have the heart of
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Ali, the mind of
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Malcolm, and the spirit
Martin
Luther
King.
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An d if you just remember this,
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you can do anything.
And so
we sing. I stand on the shoulders of
Giants.
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I stand on the shoulders  of giants
They help me see so far ahead
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They help me see so far      ahead
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I don't do this for the living
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I don't do  this for the living
I do this for the dead
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I do this for the day
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