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Yes We can Song - Barack Obama - Will.I.Am Michael Campion cover tab. Tabbed by Chad Hedstrom - chad.hedstrom@gmail.com 2/13/08 - www.nearlydeaf.com You basically sing over the chord progression, trying to start on G and end on C. He did this on the first take, so you can definitely make improvements on where the chords are placed in relation to the lyrics. Chord fingerings are based on the youtube video he posted, which is a little higher voiced than the one used in the original he's covering. Not sure what "chord" his C chord really is, but that's what he uses, muted low E string and all. e ---3---2---0---0---------5---0---3-------3-------------------- B ---3---3---0---0---------5---0---3-------4-------------------- G ---4---4---0---0---------5---0---4-------5-------------------- D ---5---4---2---5---------7---5---5-------5-------------------- A ---5---2---2---3---------7---3---5-------3-------------------- E ---3---2---0---M---------5---M---3-------3-------------------- G Bm Em C Am C G Cm YES WE CAN ----------
GIt waBms a creeEmd written into the founding documents thCat declGared thBe destiny of a nation.
YeEms wCe canC. GIt was whispered by slaves
and Bmabolitionists Emas tChey blazed a trail toward freedom. CYes we Gcan; Yes we can.
BmIt was sung by iEmmmigrants as they struck out from distant shores anGd pioneers who puBmsheEmd wCestward against an unforgiving wilderness.(yeah)
Yes we can.
GIt was the Bmcall of workers who organized; women whEmo reached for the ballots;
a PrCesident who cGhosBme tEmhe CmoGon as our new frontier;and a King (1:40) who tBmook us to theE mountaintop
and pCointed the wayG to the Promised Land. BmYes we Ecan YCes we can GYes we can
to justice and equality. (Yeah-e-ah) Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity. (Yeah) Yes we can heal this nation. Yes we can repair this world. Yes we can. 3x We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way CCCC of the power of millions of voices calling for change. yes we can, yes we can Bridge (3:39)
GWe have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics... they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We've beenG asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.(4:04)
But in theCm unlikely story that is A-merica,(4:10) there has never been anything .....false about hope.(4:21)
End Bridge Yes we can Yes we can (4:35)
GNow the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; and we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation here; and together, we will begin the next chapter in America, the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea -- Yes. We. Can.