The King Blues - The Streets Are Ours

Intro - Em  B

Verse 1
Am (x02210@1)                                            
We stood in front of tanks at Tiananmen Square,
C (x32010@1)  B (x2444x@1)                       
From Berlin to Chiapas we are everywhere,
Am (x02210@1)                             
And over the sirens of the police cars,
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1)                B (x2444x@1) Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1) F#m (244222@1)              
You can hear us shout "The streets are ours!"

Interlude - Em  B

Verse 2

Am (x02210@1)                         
'61 Chicago ushered in a new age,
C (x32010@1)B (x2444x@1)                                     
We brought the war home with the days of rage,
Am (x02210@1)                              
And over the sirens of the police cars,
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1)                B (x2444x@1) Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1) F#mYou (244222@1)can hear us shout "The streets are ours!"


Em (022000@1)                                   
In Seattle we chased out the World Trade Organization,
EmOn (022000@1)Mayday we gave Winston Churchill a mohican,
EmKept (022000@1)the water for the people in Cochabamba,
EmDemanded (022000@1)autonomy on the dawn of NAFTA,
EmSo (022000@1)send in the clowns, someone send in the clowns,
EmThe (022000@1)black bloc, the antiFA and the undergrounds,
EmA (022000@1)big, pink, marching samba band,
EmAnd (022000@1)we'll take our own route that ain't pre-planned,

Verse 3

AmFrom (x02210@1)the social centres and the Brighton Schnews,
C (x32010@1)  BFrom (x2444x@1)Indymedia reporting our own news,
AmOver (x02210@1)the sirens of the police cars,
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1)                B (x2444x@1) Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1) F#mYou (244222@1)can hear us shout "The streets are ours!"

Interlude - Em B

Who's Streets, Our Streets     (No Guitar)   x10

Guitar Solo

Bass Fill - E reapeated

Verse 4

Am (x02210@1)                                 
Cos we threw the bomb at Haymarket Square,
C (x32010@1)BWe (x2444x@1)fly the black flag everywhere,
AmAnd (x02210@1)over the sirens of the police cars,
C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1)                B (x2444x@1) Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1) F#mYou (244222@1)can hear us shout "The streets are ours!"

Em (022000@1)            BThe (x2444x@1)Streets Are Ours
Em (022000@1)            BThe (x2444x@1)Streets Are Ours
Em (022000@1)            BThe (x2444x@1)Streets Are Ours
Em (022000@1)                BThe (x2444x@1)Streets Are.....Ours

There are a lot of rhythym changes in this song. Just listen out for them, its not hard to hear.

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