:____: ... Repeat
/ Slide
for F#m play Am on 9th fret...
intro:
: F#m(9th) E Bm D/:
main part:
F#m(9th) E Bm D
Across the lines____, who would dare___ to go___
F#m(9th) E Bm
under the bridge___, over the tracks__ that separates whites__
D
from blacks__.
F#m(9th) F#m(9th)
Choose________ sides______,
E A
or run for your life_____.
Bm D E E
Tonight the riots_____ began_______.
F#m(9th) E Bm D
On back streets of A-merica__ they kill the dream of A-merica__.
A5 A9 A A
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Litlle
F#m(9th) E Bm
black girl gets assulted, ain't no reason why. Newspaper prints the
D
story and racist tempers fly. Next
F#m(9th) E Bm
day it starts the riot, knives and guns are drawn. Two black boys get
D D
killed, one white boy goes blind.
F#m(9th) E Bm D
Across the lines____, who would dare___ to go___
F#m(9th) E Bm
under the bridge___, over the tracks__ that separates whites__
D
from blacks__.
F#m(9th) F#m(9th)
Choose________ sides______,
E A
or run for your life_____.
Bm D E E
Tonight the riots began_______.
F#m(9th) E Bm D
On back streets of A-merica__ they kill the dream of A-merica__.
A5 A9 A A
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Litlle
F#m(9th) E
black girl gets assulted, don't no one know her name. Lots of
Bm D D
people hurt and angry, she's the one to blame.
F#m(9th) E Bm D
Across the lines____, who would dare___ to go___
F#m(9th) E Bm
under the bridge___, over the tracks__ that separates whites__
D
from blacks__.
F#m(9th) F#m(9th)
Choose________ sides______,
E A
or run for your life_____.
Bm D E E
Tonight the riots___ began_______.
F#m(9th) E Bm D
On back streets of A-merica__ they kill the dream of A-merica__.
outro:
: G/A G/A A A :
