Same As It Ever Was (Start Today) [feat. Agape Choir] chords by 
Michael Franti & Spearhead 
N/A
Key: D minor
Verse 1
Am
F
C
Same as it ever was,
G
C
Am
But there's gotta be a better way.
F
C
It's the same as it ever was
G
Am
but today's a different day.
Em
C
You and me could make
C
F
But it's the same as it ever was,
C
Am
we better start today.
F
C
America's a better place than it
G
Em
Am
was fifty years ago.
C
Em
Am
but we got a long way to go.
C
G
Am
we used to call the police.
F
C
But who we gonna call when the po
G
Am
lice make a problem.
F
C
I'm not saying that they are all bad.
G
Am
I'm not saying that I'm any better.
F
C
All I'm just trying to say
Em
Am
is that we could do a lot better.
F
C
I say it in my own house,
G
Am
I say it on the streets.
F
C
I say it on a record yo,
G
Am
and I say it on a beat.
F
C
I paint it on a wall yo,
G
Am
so everybody sees.
C
Am
then we'll all see peace.
F
C
It's the same as it ever was.
G
Am
But there's gotta be a better way.
F
C
It's the same as it ever was,
G
Am
but today's a different day.
G
C
F
You and me could make that change,
Am
F
but it's the same as it ever was.
C
Am
We better start today.
G
Am
future and the past.
F
C
The battle's never over.
G
Am
But the fu ture's gonna last.
F
C
Malcom had an x yo, Dr.
G
Am
king had a dream.
F
C
And like Spikley said so you should
G
Am
always do the right thing.
F
C
If the world's full of anger,
G
Am
and everybodys got a gun.
F
C
Then what should I say yo,
F
C
Mandela did a lockdown for
G
Am
twenty eight years.
F
C
But there's billions more
G
Am
now, still raining down tears.
F
C
I say it in my own house,
G
Am
I say it on the streets.
F
C
I say it on a record yo,
G
Am
and I say it on a beat.
F
C
I paint it on a wall yo,
G
Am
till everybody sees.
Am
F
C
It's the same as it ever was,
G
Am
but there's gotta be a better way.
F
C
It's the same as it ever was,
G
Am
but today's a different day.
G
C
You and me could make
Am
F
But it's the same as it ever was,
C
Am
we better start today.
F
C
They can try to divide us,
G
Am
thay can try to increase.
C
G
Am
but this is anybody's street.
F
C
There is just one love yo,
G
Am
and there is just one beat.
C
Am
then we all see peace.
F
C
It's just the same as it ever was,
Am
F
C
It's the same as it ever was,
G
Am
but today's a different day.
G
C
F
You and me could make that change,
Am
F
but it's the same as it ever was, We better start today.
C
F
It's the same as it ever was,
we better start today.
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