[Intro] G [Verse 1] G It's the worst that it's been since C G the last time it happened G It's happening again right D in front of our eyes G There's updated footage, C G wild speculation G Tall tales and hearsay and D G G7 absolute lies C Been passed off as factual G when actually, the actual G Causes they're awkwardly D blockin' the way G C Keeping us all from enjoyin' G our evening G Shoving its roots through D G the screens in our face
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[Verse 2]
G
Now, what would you get if
C G
you heard my opinion
G
Conjecturin' on matters that
D
I ain't never dreamed
G C
In all my born days as a white
G
boy from Hickman
G D
Based on the way that the world's
G G7
been to mе?
C
It's called me belligеrent,
G
it's took me for ignorant
G
But it ain't never once made
D
me scared just to be
G
Could you imagine just
C G
constantly worryin'
G D
Kickin' and fightin', beggin'
G
to breathe?
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[Verse 3]
G C
How many boys could they haul
G
off this mountain
G
Shoot full of holes, cuffed
D
and laid in the streets
G
Til we come in to town in
C G
a stark ravin' anger
G D
Looking for answers and armed
G G7
to the teeth?
C G
Thirty aught sixes, Papaw's
old pistol
G
How many, you reckon, would it be,
D
four or five?
G
Or would that be the start of
C G
a long, violent history
G D G
Tuckin' our tails as we try to abide?
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[Outro]
G C
Would that be the start of a long,
G
violent history
G D G
Tuckin' our tails as we try to abide?
