wrote a song for everyone chords by Mavis Staples
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major) Met myself a com
(A major) in' county (G major) welfare line. (D major)
I was feelin' strung (G major) out,
(D major) hung out on the line. (A major)
(D major) Saw myself a goin', (A major)
down (B minor) to war in Jun (G major) e.
(D major) What I want,
(A major) all I want is to (G major) write myself (D major) a tune.
Verse 2
(G major) [Chorus]
Wrote a song (D major) for ev'ryone,
(G major) Wrote a song for (D major) truth.
(G major) Wrote a song (D major) for ev'ry (A major) one (B minor)
And I (G major) couldn't leave it up to (D major) you. (G major) (A major)
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Verse 3
(D major) Got myself arres (A major) ted,
wound (G major) me up in jail. (D major)
Richmond 'bout to blow (G major) up,
com (D major) munication failed. (A major)
(D major) If you see the an (A major) swer,
now's (B minor) the time to say. (G major)
(D major) What I want, (A major) all I want is to (G major) get you down to pray. (D major)
Interlude 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major) (D major) (A major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (B minor)
(G major) (D major) (A major) (G major)
(D major) [Chorus:Repeat x2] (And I
Verse 4
(G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major) couldn't
even talk to (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major) you)
Saw the people a (A major) standin' thou
Verse 5
(G major)
sand years in chain (D major) s.
Somebody said it's diff'rent (G major) now,
(D major) look, it's just the same. (A major)
(D major) Pharoahs spins the mes (A major) sage,
round (B minor) and round the truth. (G major)
(D major) They could have saved a (A major) million people,
(G major) how can I tell (D major) you?
Outro 1
[Chorus:Repeat x3]
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (A major)
wrote a song for everyone
Mavis Staples
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