[Intro]
C F C Am F C
[Verse 1]
C
Saw something today
F C
That made me cry
Am
Fifty years old
F C
To young to die
C F C
Shot by a man who'd never recant
Am F C
Well who decided to give him a gun
C
Drop a little something
F C
To make it seem right
Am
With wild youth watching
F C
On the other side
[Refrain]
F
I was told
G
To believe
F G Am
In a country that is free
F G C F C Am F C
But ain't nothing fair for you and me
[Verse 2]
C
Hey walter scott
F C
I'm singing to you
Am
With 8 bullets flyin'
F C
Well what can you do
C
Oh we fought for something
F C
Called civil rights
Am
Hey michael t slager
F C
What gives you the right
C
So i weep for the children
F C
Under our red flag
Am
Stained from the blood
F C
Of nine body bags
[Refrain]
F
I was told
G
To believe
F G Am
In a country that is free
F G C F C Am F C
But ain't nothing fair for you and me
[Verse 3]
C
I gotta friend in the army
F C
Who's hoping for more
Am
While ten drunk rich kids
F C
Sound the drums of war and
C
I'm so damn scared
F C
For my generation
Am
Your minds so numb
F C
And little patience
While in the fields
F C
The innocent die
Am
Shot by the men
F C
Who still have wives
[Refrain]
F
I was told
G
To believe
F G Am
In a country that is free
F G C F C Am F C
But ain't nothing fair for you and me
[Verse 4]
C
Jeremy Quinton
F C
I'm singing to you
Am
Oh why won't America
F C
Listen to you
C
With their ears so deaf
F C
And my swallowed rage
Am F C
You know this lie they give is nothing but a cage
C
So i wrote this song
F C
For Walter Scott
Am
'cause I'm not a jury
F C
That can be bought
[Refrain]
F
I was told
G
To believe
F G Am
In a country that is free
F
I was told
G
To believe
F G Am
In a country that is free
F G C F C Am F C
But ain't nothing fair for you and me
[Outro]
C F C Am F C
Oh no no no no.. [till fade]