Gordon Lightfoot

                         BLACK DAY IN JULY

Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)              EmBlack (022000@1)day in July, motor city madness has touched the countryside
       C (x32010@1)                   Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)             EmAnd (022000@1)through the smoke and cinders, you can hear it far and wide
      C (x32010@1)               Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)            EmThe (022000@1)doors are quickly bolted and the children locked inside 
D (xx0232@1)           EmBlack (022000@1)day in July.

Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)          Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)             EmBlack (022000@1)day in July, and the soul of Motor City is bared across the land
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As the book of law and order is taken in the hands
        C (x32010@1)           Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)           Em (022000@1)Of the sons of the fathers who were carried to this land
D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)Black day in July.

Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)          Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)              GBlack (320003@1)day in July, in the streets of Motor City there is a deadly silent
  Emsound (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)               C (x32010@1)              EmAnd (022000@1)the body of a dead youth, lies stretched upon the ground
C (x32010@1)                Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)           EmUpon (022000@1)the filthy pavement no reason can be found 
D (xx0232@1)           EmBlack (022000@1)day in July.

Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)               EmBlack (022000@1)day in July, Motor City madness has touched the countryside
           C (x32010@1)          Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)            EmAnd (022000@1)the people rise in anger and the streets begin to fill
               C (x32010@1)             Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)             Em (022000@1)And there's gunfire from the rooftops and the blood begins to spill 
D (xx0232@1)           EmBlack (022000@1)day in July.
 

Interlude #1:

          Em (022000@1)           GIn (320003@1)the mansion of the governor
          Em (022000@1)            GThere's (320003@1)nothing that is known for sure
         Em (022000@1)       GThe (320003@1)telephone is ringing
          Em (022000@1)         GAnd (320003@1)the pendulum is swinging
           Em (022000@1)           GAnd (320003@1)they wonder how it happened
           Em (022000@1)           GAnd (320003@1)they really know the reason
         Em (022000@1)              GAnd (320003@1)it wasn't just the temperature
         Em (022000@1)            GAnd (320003@1)it wasn't just the season 
D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)Black day in July.


Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)               Em (022000@1)Black day in July, Motor City's burning and the flames are running wild
        C (x32010@1)             Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)          EmThey (022000@1)reflect upon the waters of the river and the lake
        C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)     EmAnd (022000@1)everyone is listening and everyone's awake 
D (xx0232@1)           EmBlack (022000@1)day in July.

Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)        Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)           GBlack (320003@1)day in July, the printing press is turning and the news is quickly
Em (022000@1)flashed
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And you read your morning paper and you sip your cup of tea 
          C (x32010@1)            Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)
And you wonder just in passing is it him or is it me 
D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)Black day in July.
 

Interlude #2:

         Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)
In the office of the President
     Em (022000@1)              GThe (320003@1)deed is done the troops are sent
          Em (022000@1)            GThere's (320003@1)really not much choice you see
     Em (022000@1)              GIt (320003@1)looks to us like anarchy
     Em (022000@1)               GAnd (320003@1)then the tanks go rolling in
     Em (022000@1)               G (320003@1)To patch things up as best they can
      Em (022000@1)              GThere (320003@1)is no time to hesitate
      Em (022000@1)              GThe (320003@1)speech is made the dues can wait 
D (xx0232@1)           EmBlack (022000@1)day in July.


Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)        Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)        EmBlack (022000@1)day in July, the streets of Motor City now are quiet and serene
          C (x32010@1)               Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)          EmBut (022000@1)the shapes of gutted buildings strike terror to the heart
         C (x32010@1)             Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)             EmAnd (022000@1)you say how did it happen and you say how did it start
     C (x32010@1)                Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)              EmWhy (022000@1)can't we all be brothers, why can't we live in peace
          C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)           EmBut (022000@1)the hands of the have-nots keep falling out of reach
D (xx0232@1)           EmBlack (022000@1)day in July.

Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)         DBlack (xx0232@1)day in July, black day in July.