| Em D Am C Em D Am C |
| Em Across the |
D lines |
| Am Who would |
C dare to go |
| Em Under the |
D bridge, over the |
Am tracks |
| That separates |
C whites from blacks |
| Em Choose sides, |
D or run for your |
G lives |
| Am Tonight the |
C riots be |
D gin |
| Em On back streets of A |
D merica |
| Am They kill the dream of A |
C merica, |
G * |
G(add9) |
G |
| Little |
Em black girl gets assaulted |
| Don't |
D Ain't no reason why no one know her name |
| Am Newspaper prints the story Lots of people hurt and angry |
| And She' |
C racist tempers fly[continue] s the one to blame[back to beginning] |
| Next |
Em day starts a riot |
| D Knives and guns are drawn |
| Am Two black boys get killed |
| One |
C white boy goes blind[back to beginning] |
| G/A * Hm, hmmmm. [third time through, end here] |
A |