Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
Wouldn't it be convenient if he just rests in peace?
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I saw his cousin crying wondering how you call the cops on the police
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With a bootprint on your shoulder, face down on the street
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Another precinct that's been rotted out
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
Another song of "I can't breathe"
Bridge:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
"I can't breathe"
B minorBm
He said "I can't breathe"
Verse 2:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh what a privilege to hide behind a screen
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Like biteless barking dogs we yelp on an ever-tightening leash
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Another public execution under a greedy would be king
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Another desperate bloody anthem a crying family has to sing
Bridge:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
"I can't breathe"
B minorBm
He said "I can't breathe"
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams
A augmentedA B minorBm
I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine
G+G D MajorD
I hope you soak into the wick like kerosene
A augmentedA
I hope it burns clean
A augmentedA
How long will there be this song of "I can't breathe"?
Bridge:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
"I can't breathe"
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
"I can't breathe"
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
"I can't breathe"
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
He said "I can't breathe"
B minorBm
"I can't breathe"
Verse 3:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh what a privilege to pretend that we can't see
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The chain, the whip, the badge, the gun, and now the ever-pressing knee
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The knee we hired to protect us
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The same knee he used to pray
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The knee that bares the bruise from being used to choke his life away
Bridge:
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
He said "I can't breathe"
B minorBm
"Mama I can't breathe"
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams
A augmentedA B minorBm
I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine
G+G D MajorD
I hope you soak into the wick like kerosene
A augmentedA
I hope it burns clean
G+G D MajorD
I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams
A augmentedA B minorBm
I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine
G+G D MajorD
When they say "make it great again" is this what they mean?
A augmentedA
Then let it burn clean
A augmentedA B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
How long will there be this song of "I can't breathe"?
B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
"Mama I can't breathe"
B minorBm
I can't