Patterns:
(1):
G/D D G/D D
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-7-------7-9-7--- | -5---0-------5--- | -3-------3-5----- | -2-------0h2----- |
-8-------------8- | -7-------7----7-- | ---3---3--------- | -3---3-------3--- |
-7--------------- | -7-------7-----6- | -----4----------- | -2-----2-------2- |
-0-------0------- | -0-------0------- | -0-----0-0------- | -0-------0------- |
----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
(2):
G/D Dj7 G/D D
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-7-------7-9-7--- | -5---0-------5--- | -3-------3-5----- | -2-------0h2----- |
-8---10---8----8- | -7-------7----7-- | ---3---3--------- | -3---3-------3--- |
-7--------------- | -6-------6-----6- | -----4----------- | -2-----2-------2- |
-0---------0----- | -0-------0------- | -0-----0-0------- | -0-------0------- |
----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
(1)
(2)
VERSE:
G/D Dj7 G/D D <- (2)
Winds of change blowing strong
G/D Dj7 G/D D <- (2)
Thought I'd heard someone sing this song
G/D Dj7 G/D D <- (2)
Days of peace are not that hard to find
G F#m7 A
Pick up the dream you left behind.
Chorus:
G A G/B D
Young and old, rich and poor,
F# Bm A G
Black and white can rhyme,
G Dj7 Em7 A7 D
Wake up America, it's been a long long time.
VERSE:
G/D Dj7 G/D D
Time has come to make a choice
G/D Dj7 G/D D
To give the people, give 'em back the voice
G/D Dj7 G/D D
Will we leave this land in the hands of greed
G F#m7 A
Or will we answer our brother's needs?
Chorus:
G A G/B D
Young and old, rich and poor,
F# Bm A G
Black and white can rhyme,
G Dj7 Em7 A7 Bm A G
Come home America, it's been a long long time,
G Dj7 Em7 A7 D
Come home America, it's been a long long time.
( Instead of the above patterns, you could play this:
first G/D = xx0787
Dj7 = xx0675
sec. G/D = xx0433
D = xx0232 )
