• Song:

    America

  • Artist:

    Tracy Chapman

You were lost and got lucky
Came upon the shore
Found you were conquering America
You spoke of peace
But waged a war
While you were conquering America


C#5     A5     E5     B5  [x2]


           C#5
There was land to take
     A5
And people to kill
  E5                         B5
While you were conquering America
     C#5
You served yourself
A5
Did God's will
  E5                         B5
While you were conquering America


C#5     A5     E5     B5


      C#5
The ghost of Columbus
A5
Haunts this world
        E5                        B5
'Cause you're still conquering America
     C#5
The meek won't survive
      A5
Or inherit the earth
        E5                        B5
'Cause you're still conquering America


C#5      A5          E5        B5
(Uh!)   America,    (uh!)   America,
C#5      A5          E5        B5
(Uh!)   America,    (uh!)


     C#5
You found bodies to serve
    A5
Submit and degrade
  E5                         B5
While you were conquering America
         C#5
Made us soldiers and junkies
  A5
Prisoners and slaves
  E5                         B5
While you were conquering America


Chorus...


     C#5
You hands are at my throat
    A5
My back's against the wall
         E5                        B5
Because you're still conquering America
       C#5
We're sick and tired
A5
Hungry and poor
        E5                        B5
'Cause you're still conquering America


C#5     A5     E5     B5  [x2]


     C#5
You bomb the very ground
      A5
That feeds your own babies
E5                        B5
You're still conquering America
      C#5
Your sons and your daughters
     A5
May never sing your praises
  E5                       B5
While you're conquering America

Chorus...


C#5
I see you eyes
        A5
Seek a distant shore
  E5                         B5
While you're conquering America
        C#5
Taking rockets to the moon
           A5
Trying to find a new world
     E5                        B5
And you're still conquering America

Chorus...


      C#5
The ghost of Columbus
A5
Haunts this world
        E5                        B5
'Cause you're still conquering America
C#5                      A5
You're still conquering America
E5                        B5
You're still conquering America


C#5     A5     E5     B5


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