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We Shall Overcome (Live) chords by
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
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Thank you.

The next song is a song

that I've sung all over the world.
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It's known everywhere.
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It's a song that I sang all through the
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civil rights movement

and against the war in Vietnam.
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And when the war in Vietnam was over,


I stopped singing it

because it became a sort of warm

and fuzzy song
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and full of nostalgia.
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D

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And the song was much too

powerful for that.
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G

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I sang it in countries that were full of strife.
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D

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I sang it in Poland in a church

where Valencia was hiding out.
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I sang it all over South and Latin

America under dictatorships,

always underground.
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G

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Places like that and only coun
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tries in strife
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G

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and then lo and behold
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D

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I realized that there are communities


here in the United United States

that still need to have and to sing this song.
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Asus4
Asus4

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We shall overcome,
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we shall overcome some day.
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Hold him in my heart,
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I truly believe
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we shall overcome some day.
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Amen, we shall live in peace,
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we shall live in peace,
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We shall live in peace some day.
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Oh, in my heart
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I do believe we shall live in peace
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Some day, some day,
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deep in my heart, I do believe
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We shall overcome some day,
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overcome, overcome, overcome.
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Oh, overcome someday.
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Asus4

  • Bm

    2

  • E

  • Gm

    3

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of We Shall Overcome (Live) by Joan Baez, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus is D major.

The primary chords used in We Shall Overcome (Live) are D, G, A, Asus4, Bm, E.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, G, A, Asus4, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of We Shall Overcome (Live) is approximately 33 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of We Shall Overcome (Live) using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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