:____: ... Repeat
/ Slide

for F#m play Am on 9th fret...



intro:

: F#m(9th)  E5  B5  D/:



main part:

F#m(9th)      E5         B5           D5 
   Across the lines____,   who would dare___ to go___
 
F#m(9th)            E5                  B5
under the bridge___,  over the tracks__ that separates whites__ 
D5
from blacks__.

F#m(9th)        F#m(9th)
Choose________ sides______,
E5                A5
 or run for your life_____.
B5           D5          E5     E5
 Tonight the riots_____ began_______.

F#m(9th)              E5        B5                        D5
 On back streets of A-merica__  they kill the dream of A-merica__.

A5   A5   A5   A5 
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm    Litlle
F#m(9th)                  E5                    B5
black girl gets assulted, ain't no reason why. Newspaper prints the 
          D5                   
story and racist tempers fly. Next 
F#m(9th)                E5                          B5
day it starts the riot, knives and guns are drawn. Two black boys get 
            D5                    D5  
killed, one white boy goes blind.


F#m(9th)      E5         B5           D5 
   Across the lines____,   who would dare___ to go___
 
F#m(9th)            E5                  B5
under the bridge___,  over the tracks__ that separates whites__ 
D5
from blacks__.

F#m(9th)        F#m(9th)
Choose________ sides______,
E5                A5
 or run for your life_____.
B5           D5       E5     E5
 Tonight the riots began_______.

F#m(9th)              E5        B5                        D5
 On back streets of A-merica__  they kill the dream of A-merica__.

A5   A5   A5   A5 
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm    Litlle
F#m(9th)                        E5             
black girl gets assulted, don't no one know her name. Lots of
B5                     D5                      D5
people hurt and angry, she's the one to blame.


F#m(9th)      E5         B5           D5 
   Across the lines____,   who would dare___ to go___
 
F#m(9th)            E5                  B5
under the bridge___,  over the tracks__ that separates whites__ 
D5
from blacks__.

F#m(9th)        F#m(9th)
Choose________ sides______,
E5                A5
 or run for your life_____.
B5           D5          E5     E5
 Tonight the riots___ began_______.

F#m(9th)              E5        B5                        D5
 On back streets of A-merica__  they kill the dream of A-merica__.


outro:

: G5  G5  A5  A5 :