I Do This For The Dead chords by Mo Rodgers

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Verse 1
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I
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stand on the shoulders of giants
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They helped 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
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who kept us righteous and strong.
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And through us,
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they live on.
I'm talking about
grandmothers and grandfathers
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who are on the other side,
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praying for me and you,
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and mothers and fathers
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and other kinfolks
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over there praying too.
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They're calling out your name
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and  that's why I sing.
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I stand on the shoulders of giants.
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They helped me see so far
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ahead
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I   don't do this for the living, no, no
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I   do this for the dead.
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Now sometimes I  know you feel
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helpless and hopeless,
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saddled with a weariness too.
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Well, we are the people of the blues,
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but God has always been
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with me and you.
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And after 400 years in the
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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 this much I know is true.
That you have the heart of Ali,
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the      mind of Malcolm,
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and the spirit of Martin Luther King.
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And 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
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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 dead