How History Goes chords by Gianna Branca

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Ab

Verse 1:
    Ab
The man, the bear, the woods on fire
Fm7
Free speech banned with an unfair trial
Dbadd9
Censorship with a bastard smile
    Eb
The rich are eating cake
 Ab     Abmaj7
Another war that we're always fighting
 Fm7    Fm9
Another kid in their classroom hiding
  Dbadd9  Dbadd9#11                 Eb
A rapist  wins and becomes the president
      Ab     Fm7    Db
And I almost didn't hear it

Chorus:
    Ab
But hey-ho, can you hear us singing?
Fm7
Real hope comes out ringing
   Dbadd9                        Eb
If we go, we'll go down swinging, swinging
     Ab
It's our home and we're gonna make it
     Fm7
It's our choice and you don't get to take it
     Dbadd9                               Eb
It's my life and you don't get to break my soul
                          Ab   Fm7   Dbadd9
Don't you know how history goes
                          Ab   Fm7   Dbadd9   Eb
Don't you know how history goes


Verse 2:
     Ab
So I work two jobs just to keep on living
           Fm7
While they sign the docs that say my living's forbidden
      Dbadd9                                         Eb6
And I grocery shop, just to get killed in the parking lot
                    Ab
They're screaming "Spread your legs" on live television
            Fm7
Like that's not the thing that's really scarring our children
      Dbadd9                                 Eb6
Like identity is more a threat than dropping bombs
         Ab         Fm7       Dbadd9
And they think they pulled it off


Chorus:
Ab
Hey-ho, can you hear us singing?
Fm7
Real hope comes out ringing
   Dbadd9                        Eb6
If we go, we'll go down swinging, swinging
     Ab
It's our home and we're gonna make it
     Fm7
It's our choice and you don't get to take it
     Dbadd9                               Eb6
It's my life and you don't get to break my soul
                             Ab   Fm7   Dbadd9
Or don't you know how history goes
                          Ab   Fm7   Dbadd9   Eb
Don't you know how history goes


Bridge:
Ab                 Fm7
They burn witches, they burn towns
      Dbadd9                     Eb
Cried off with our heads, but we wouldn't bow down
    Ab                              Fm7
We march through the streets to the warning bell sound
Dbadd9     Eb
History is RIGHT DAMN NOW!
    Ab                     Fm7
The emperor's clothes, the tea in the harbor
    Dbadd9                  Eb
The witches you burned just fueled all the fire
   Ab                      Fm7
Of marchers, of poets, of stories, of vows
Dbadd9     Eb
History is right damn now


Outro:
           N.C.
So hey-ho, can you hear us singing?
N.C.
Real hope comes out ringing
N.C.                            Eb
If we go, we'll go down swinging
     Ab
It's our home and we're gonna make it
     Fm7
It's our choice and you don't get to take it
     Dbadd9                               Eb
It's my life and you don't get to break my soul
                             Ab   Fm7   Dbadd9
Or don't you know how history goes
                          Ab   Fm7   Dbadd9
Don't you know how history goes
Eb                          Ab   Fm7   Dbadd9
Don't you see how it's gonna go
cause we won't let it go