We Shall Overcome chords by Nahko and Medicine for the People

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Verse 1

Maybe I'm not here to be

a superstar after all

Maybe I'm here to pray for all those who have lost hope along

Interlude 1

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Verse 2
Am 
I'm on the verge of everything
Been lookin' to be surrendering
Em 
so honestly
Bm 
Tiptoe to the edge of my destiny
B 
Em 
Free fall backwards, great mystery
Speakin' to me, the pain of the youth
Am 
The con fusion of the people
and their struggle for truth
Em 
Yeah, regroup and renew
B 
Time to regroup, renew the
ambition of a nation
Em 
Zombies treadin' on decaying
foundation
Am 
Wasting, creating hostility among us
Em 
Turning our back on our mother
B 
We're turning our back on our mother

Verse 3
Em 
D 
G 
Am 
Look at what we've done
Em 
I remember
Bm 
I remember
Em 
G 
I forgive
Am 
I remember
Em 
I remember
Bm 
B 
I remember
Em 
I forgive

Verse 4
Am 
These people are relentless,
senseless, violent and racist
Em 
Providing installation in my day- to- day,
endless
B 
Positivity can definitely be contagious
Em 
Persuasive,
cause I'm speaking my truth
Am 
I got pennies in my pockets,
but I'm picking fresh fruits
Em 
Yeah, picking fresh fruits
B 
Got pennies in my pockets,
but I'm picking fresh fruits
Em 
Yeah, whoa
Am 
'Cause I live in a land of abundance
Em 
Where the rain off my roof
is sacred and precious
B 
And [now we get to work and be
found?] riding horses
Em 
And normally with the courage
that we like to front
Am 
Bringin' it back to the land
when there was food to hunt
Em 
And yeah, when there was
food to hunt
B 
And yeah, oh

Verse 5
Em 
D 
G 
Am 
I got one last thing on my mind
Em 
I re  member
Bm 
I re  member
B 
Em 
D 
G 
I  forgive
Am 
I remember
Em 
I re  member
Bm 
B 
I remember
Em 
I forgive

Verse 6
Am 
I'm learning the lan guage
of the planet
We inhabit and stab it with
Em 
The chemicals that we practice
And I've had it with habits, it's tragic
B 
This trajectory course that we're on
Em 
Separated from the dirt,
from ourselves, from the song
Am 
Every robot sings,
with his hand to his heart:
Em 
"I will kill for God,
and I will hit my mark
B 
And I will stand, like a [fool, for three
cause of?] the treason"
Em 
Nobody's bombing me, but other
countries are weeping
Am 
Choppin' the mountains in half
Can't you hear the earth screamin'?
Em 
B 
Whoaoh, can't you hear the
Earth screamin'?
Em 
Oh
Am 
Blood oil for dinner,
Em 
better have an appetite, yeah
B 
'Cause we rape,
pillage and plunder

Verse 7
Em 
F#m 
G 
So you can heat your  house tonight
Am 
Em 
I remember
B 
I remember
Em 
F#m 
Em 
I forgive
Am 
I remember
Em 
I remember
B 
I remember
Em 
F#m 
I forgive
Em 
All my em

Verse 8
Am 
powered people,
put your ones up!
Em 
Recognize our tribes are independent
and restless
B 
Searching for purpose beneath
the rubble and wreckage
Em 
The message: Forgiveness
starts with me!
Am 
Em 
Yeah! With me!
B 
Stop blaming other people,
take on the responsibility
Em 
G 
Of generations to come
Em 
Am 
May they live in a world without
governments and guns
Em 
B 
Without governments and guns
Em 
D 
G 
Hey, whoaoh
Am 
Your people who killed my people
Em 
My people kill your people
B 
But our people are all one people
Em 
D 
United by compassion
G 
for humanity's sake
Am 
We wake and meditate
on the light of a new day
Em 
New chapter in the book
of a thousand tongues
B 
Yeah, a thousand tongues

Verse 9
Em 
D 
G 
Am 
We  shall overcome
Em 
I remember
B 
I remember
Em 
D 
G 
Am 
Bb 
B 
I forgive
D 
Yeah,

Verse 10
C 
B 
we shall overcome
C 
(We shall overcome)
B 
Yeah, we shall overcome
C 
(We shall overcome)
B 
I remember, I remember
C 
(We shall overcome)
B 
I remember, I remember
C 
(We shall overcome)
B 
Yeah, we shall overcome
(We shall overcome)
C 
B 
I remember, I remember
C 
(We shall overcome)
B 
Ooo yeah, I forgive
C 
(We shall overcome)
B 
I remember, I remember