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Glory by Common And John Legend

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{CHORUS}
Am               F
One day when the glory comes
           C/E           F  G
It will be ours, it will be ours
   Am               F
Oh, one day when the war is won
          C/E            F G
We will be sure, we will be sure
   Am           Am  G    F           C/E          F G
Oh glory(glory)           (glory)       (glory)       (glory)

{VERSE 1}

Am                               Am   G   
Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon
F
Formed against, yes glory is destined
C/E                                  F
Every day women and men become legends
G
Sins that go against our skin become blessings
Am                         Am   G 
The movement is a rhythm to us
    F
Freedom is like religion to us
  C/E                        F
Justice is juxtapositionin' us
   G
Justice for all just ain't specific enough
    Am                               Am   G 
One son died, his spirit is revisitin' us
       F
Truant livin' livin' in us, resistance is us
       C/E
That's why Rosa sat on the bus
       F      G
That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up
Am                              Am   G 
When it go down we woman and man up
     F
They say, ?Stay down?, and we stand up
C/E                                        F
Shots, we on the grown, the camera panned up
     G
King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up

{CHORUS}

Am               F
One day when the glory comes
           C/E           F G
It will be ours, it will be ours
   Am           Am  G    F           C/E          F G
Oh glory(glory)           (glory)       (glory)       (glory)

{BRIDGE}

        Dm            C/E  F                G
Now the war is not over, victory isn't won
          Am                      G
And we'll fight on to the finish, then when it's all done
        Dm       C/E  F       G  Am       Am G
We'll cry glory, oh glory   oh (glory)   (glory)

{VERSE 2}

    Am                               Am   G   
Selma's now for every man, woman and child
     F
Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd
     C/E                                            F
They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now
   G
Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles
     Am                            Am   G   
From dark roads he rose, to become a hero
F
Facin' the league of justice, his power was the people
C/E                               F
Enemy is lethal, a king became regal
G
Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle 
Am                            Am   G  
No one can win the war individually
             F
It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people's energy
C/E                             F
Welcome to the story we call victory
    G
the Comin' of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory

{CHORUS}

Am               F
One day when the glory comes
           C/E           F G
It will be ours, it will be ours
   Am           Am  G    F           C/E          F G