Tracey chords by
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Key: F# minor

Intro 1

Em

D

Am

C

Em

D

Am

C

Em

Verse 1
D D 
 
Across the lines,
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
who would dare to go
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
Under the bridge, over the tracks,
C C 
 
it separates whites from blacks.
Em Em 
 
You choose sides,
D D 
 
G G 
 
run for your lives.
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Tonight the riots begin.
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
An  d backstreets of America,
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
they kill the dream of America.
Em Em 
 
Little black kids assaulted,
D D 
 
ain't no reason why.
Am Am 
 
Newspaper prints the story,
C C 
 
racist tempers fight.
Em Em 
 
Next day starts a riot,
D D 
 
knives and guns are drawn.
Am Am 
 
Two black boys get killed,
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
one white boy goes blind
D D 
 
Across the lines,
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
who would dare to go
Em Em 
 
Under the bridge,
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
over the tracks
C C 
 
Separates whites from blacks
Em Em 
 
But you decide,
D D 
 
G G 
 
run for your lives,
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
tonight the riots begin.
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
Black streets of America,
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
they kill the dream of America.
Em Em 
 
Little Black gets assaulted,
D D 
 
no one know her name
Am Am 
 
Lots   of people hurt and angry,
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
she's the one to blame
D D 
 
Across the lines,
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
who would dare to go
Under the bridge,
D D 
 
Am Am 
 
over the tracks
C C 
 
Separates whites from blacks
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Two sides running for your lives,
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
the night the riots began.
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
The back streets of America,
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
they killed the dream of America.
Mm -hmm, mm -hmm, mm -hmm

Outro 1

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