The Ballad of Trayvon Martin chords by Will Hoge
Verse 1
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Trayvon Martin was a young black kid
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Doing the same things that
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we all did
Outside walking down the streets alone
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Just talking to a girl on the telephone
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Minding his business,
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not doing nothing wrong
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But then George Zimmerman
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had to come along
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Self -appointed wannabe policeman
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With a 9 -1 -1 call
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and a pistol in his hand
Oh, chariot swing low
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Come to take another young an gel home
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Underneath that February moon
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Another young brother gonna
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wait too soon
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George tells the cops
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the kid's on drugs
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But what he really wants to say
is black kids are thugs
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The dispatcher says
not to make no stand
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But he's going to take matters
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into his own hands
Trayvon tells the girl that there's
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some guy
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That's following him around
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and he don't know why
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She says to hang up the
phone and run
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But the next thing you hear
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is the ringing of a gun
Neighbors call the cops
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cause they hear screams
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Another black child
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that never gets out of his teens
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Zimbabwe claims that it was
self -defense
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So police chief Lee
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just ignored the evidence
Oh, chariot swing low
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Come to take another young an gel home
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Underneath that February moon
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Another young brother born way too
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soon
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So Zimmerman goes free and
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the country cries
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Cause we're still shackled
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by the hatred and the lies
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Now we gotta stick together
to see justice done
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March out of the darkness to the rising sun
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Oh, chariot swing low
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Come to take another young an gel home
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Underneath that February moon
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Another young brother
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gonna wake too soon
Oh, chariot swing low
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Come to take another young an gel home
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Underneath that February moon
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Another young brother
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gonna wake too soon
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Oh yeah, oh yeah
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Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh
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The Ballad of Trayvon Martin
Will Hoge
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