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BUILD A BRIDGE - Medicine For The People
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Tabbed by: Samuel Rede
Tuning: Standard
You can use open chords for the chorus but he used barre chords for the verses.
The barre chords are: Dm (5th fret Am shape), Gm (10th fret Am shape), A (5th fret E shape)
[Verses]
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
Dm Gm
Said prepare me for, for long battle
A
I am a witness hope is steel bullets
Dm
I drop the hatchet you won't forget this
Dm Gm
Said prepare me for, for long battle
A
I am a witness hope is steel bullets
Dm
I drop the hatchet you won't forget this
Dm
Said, mine eyes have seen nothing but trouble
Gm
You must make peace with them gods and the devils
A
I can be rude boy, I am not subtle
Dm
I tend to sneak and burst all them bubbles
Dm
We are the ones we been waiting to rumble
Gm
I torch my enemies out with a candle
A
Music is the weapon make empires crumble
n.c.
We bring them bankers and wealthy to tremble
Dm Gm
What we know is what we're owed
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
Dm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
Dm Gm
Said, what we know is what we owe
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
Dm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
Dm
I rep the misfits, not society
Gm
We struggle with housing, drugs and sobriety
A
We're not from here but born here respectively
Dm
Immigrated cuz America raped my country
Dm
My bridge 'aint built with no white man money
Gm
I'm on Indian time you know you cannot rush me
A
I can be vicious malicious and ugly
Dm
A danger to darkness to better run quickly
Dm Gm
What we know is what we're owed
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
Dm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
Dm Gm
Said, what we know is what we owe
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
Dm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
F C
Said, I've come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
Dm
Said, life was pretty crazy I was 9 months old
Gm
Yeah, momma gave me up at 14 years old
A
Said, I don't give a shit grandmother she was so bold
Dm
Some of the rapist mommas body got sold
Dm
Not to say poppa didn't have a good soul
Gm
Cuz he did give me the anger I was born so cold
A
Raised white Christian in a white neighborhood
Dm
There was no bridges for me and my indigenous blood
Dm
I said I'm confused, identity crisis
Gm
Indigenous mastery is so timeless
A
Now I'm building bridges so that it will all make sense
Dm
Why I'm here with the music so passionate
Dm
Got to ride hard or die trying
Gm
Said, I am a raincloud storm white lighting
A
I am relentless stop at nothing
Dm
I'm el coyote bridges building
Dm
Said, I rock the one feather on me next head
Gm
Must stay humble, never be like chief headdress
A
Hang the flag upside down I'm in distress
Dm
Never take no title out of deepest respect
Dm
Welcome to aquarius son you’re a legend
Gm
Guardian of the gate it's gate number 7
A
I tame that beast and I ride the dragon
Dm
I reincarnate as a wild stallion
Dm Gm
What we know is what we're owed
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
Dm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
Dm Gm
Said, what we know is what we owe
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
Dm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
F C
Said, I've come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
Dm Gm
Said, my people my earth, my country, my heart
A Dm
In service for ever, a mission to better
Dm Gm
My passion my fist, my heart open it
A
Reclaim recover, protect clean water
F C
Said, I've come to live in peace
Dm
So come let's live
Dm
Live live live
F C
Said, I've come to live in peace
Dm
So come let's live
Dm
Live live live
F C
Said, I've come to live in peace
Dm
So come let's live
Dm
Live live live
F C
Said, I've come to live in peace
Dm
So come let's live
Dm
Live live live