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Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E
He keeps his guitars in either a half step or whole step down lately, but the recorded version is 2nd capo from standard tuning. C: 332010 F: x33210 A minor fingerpicking riff e|------------------------------------------------------| B|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1------------------| G|------2--------2--------2-----------------------------| D|---2--------2--------2--------------------------------| A|-0-------0---------0--------------2-------------------| E|----------------------------0--3----------------------| A minor alt riff (where he sings "again and again and again and..." e|-----------------------------------| B|-1--1--1--1--1--1------------------| G|-----2-----------------------------| D|--2--------------------------------| A|0--------------2-------------------| E|---------0--3----------------------| [Verse 1] Am riff I’m talking Freddie Gray blues Am riff I’m talking what happened to you
CYou were just F25 CWhen they endeFd your life CWhen “to serveF & protect” Meant break your lCeg, snap your Fneck CMeant to kill you, to seFver your sGpine DmNo matter what, there’s no Emgood reason why
Am riff x2 [Verse 2] Am riff When I’m talking these killer cop blues Am riff I’m kinda talking my family to you
CSee, my dad was a Fcop CAnd his dad was a Fcop CAnd my uncles wereF cops CAnd my cousins werFe cops CI’m partly here bFecause of cops CAnd I love all those Fcops CAnd I know not eFvery cop CIs a racist, murFdering cop But this is bCigger than the Fpeople I Glove The system’s Dmbroken - Not Embreaking - It’s done
Am riff x2 [Verse 3] Am riff I’m talking white privilege blues Am riff I’m talking confession to you
CI don’t know what it’s Flike CTo be afraid all my lFife CLooking over my sFhoulder CBehind each officer, a Fcoroner CEntrenched ineqFuality CNo access, no Fempathy CCrushed in stackedF decks CInstitutions & dFeath CThis is not my rFeality CI’m afforded the lFuxury COf shaking my heFad CI shut the screen,F go to bed CI can turn off whatF you never Gcan Dm Em Am alt riff x8 And watch it happen again and again (and again and again and again and again, and again)
Am riff I’m talking Freddie Gray blues Am riff I’m talking Freddie Gray blues Am riff x2 End on Am