Jamestown chords by Brad Butcher
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Intro 1
(A minor) (E minor) (G major) (A minor) (D minor) (E minor) (C major) (A minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) We stepped off the boat,
a hundred men, (G major) a year at (A minor) sea
May 14, 1607,
(G major) Bay of the Chesapeak (A minor) e
Dream (F major) s of gold and silver,
Lon (C major) don to (G major) Virgini (A minor) a
Just prayin' the (E major) boat don't leak (A minor)
No welcoming committee
Yeah, the fight (G major) was at our feet
(A minor) The James River became our home
Six (G major) ty miles upstream
(A minor) But (F major) winter came to claim
Starvin' (C major) time was (G major) aptly named (A minor)
In the spring, only six (E major) ty were seen (A minor)
One hand holds the stamp
(F major) The flame (C major) bends and burn (G major) s
You (A minor) won't change a (F major) thing
Till (C major) Jamestown (E major) breathes it (A minor) first
Two hard years have passed
And our num (G major) bers grew by the (A minor) same
The natives burnt our crops
Tried to drive (G major) us from our (A minor) claim
A (F major) man named John Roth
Fell for (C major) a girl of (G major) dark com (A minor) plexion
And for a little while they (E major) lowered their (A minor) aim
A long way from London,
a far (G major) cry from what they knew
(A minor) The Pilgrim and the Chief,
Jesus (G major) and the (A minor) Jew
The (F major) battle and the mission they sailed (C major)
for the (G major) coast of (A minor) England
Though the boat towed the thread (E minor) that bound (A minor) the two (E minor) (G major)
(A minor) (D minor) (E minor) (C major) (A minor) (F major)
(A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major) (F major)
(A minor) (F major) (E major) (A minor)
When John returned again,
almost (G major) a year at sea
(A minor) The bridge he built was burned,
Jamestown (G major) could hardly breathe
(A minor) Those (F major) dreams of farms and rivers
from Lon (C major) don to (G major) Virgini (A minor) a
Were lost in a (E minor) sea of bigotry (A minor)
So many years have since
come to pass,
it seems (G major) nothing's gonna
change (A minor)
Segregation, poverty,
ra (G major) cism and rage (A minor)
And (F major) if we never clear the air
and shift (C major) from (E minor) this (A minor) op pression
We're forever just (E major) an imals in a (A minor) cage
One hand holds the stem (F major)
The (C major) flame bends an (G major) d burns
You (A minor) won't change a (F major) thing
Till Jamestown (C major) breathes it (E major) first
The place (A minor) where it began
(F major) It (C major) was black and white (G major)
Bowed (A minor) first into sin (F major)
But (C major) Jamestown holds (E major) the (A minor) light
Jamestown (C major) holds (E major) the (A minor) light
Mmm, (G major) (A minor) mmm, (D minor) mmm, (E major) mmm, (E minor) (A minor) mmm
Outro 1
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Jamestown
Brad Butcher
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