100 People chords by Hanne Kah

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
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Verse 1:

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A augmentedA hundred people listening to her talk about that generation

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She gets standing ovations for the pain that she felt

E minorEm      C majorC         A minorAm     D MajorD
Talking about dignity but we'll never understand

   E minorEm                A minorAm        D MajorD
It's written in our bloodline but the blood is getting thin

    E minorEm
Getting thin

Verse 2:

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Eyes as testimonial won't be enough to understand

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A augmentedA hundred people talking 'cause the truth would be way too hard to bear

  E minorEm          C majorC   A minorAm        D MajorD
She learned to leave the hate a very long time ago

  E minorEm                  A minorAm     D MajorD
But hate comes back in waves when people start to forget

   E minorEm
To forget

Chorus 1:

   A minorAm     D MajorD
So if this is our legacy

  E minorEm
We shouldn't leave it behind

 A minorAm    D MajorD       E minorEm
A augmentedA dark old ancestry that follows all the time

   C majorC       D MajorD      G+G  Gadd9Gadd9  E minorEm
It's written in our melodies in everything we built

   C majorC      D MajorD         E minorEm
It's not just any tragedy the story tells

Verse 3:

    E minorEm                 A minorAm         D MajorD
In the middle of those old places we find hair and shoes and teeth

   E minorEm             A minorAm      D MajorD
This is part of a reality we are never able to see

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Still those faces talk to us "You're alive, your kids are free"

  E minorEm                 A minorAm         D MajorD
How can this be a liability, why do we stop to learn from hell

      E minorEm
Learn from hell

Verse 4:

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Eyes filled with memories where do they end and darkness begin

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As long as we are hating it'll turn and consume us in the end

  E minorEm          C majorC       A minorAm          D MajorD
And still some will stay seated and the dark will take their hand

   E minorEm                   A minorAm        D MajorD
They hear every word she said but they don't feel, don't understand

      E minorEm
Don't understand, oh

Chorus 2:

   A minorAm     D MajorD
So if this is our legacy

  E minorEm
We shouldn't leave it behind

 A minorAm    D MajorD       E minorEm
A augmentedA dark old ancestry that follows all the time

   C majorC       D MajorD      G+G  Gadd9Gadd9  E minorEm
It's written in our melodies in everything we built

   C majorC      D MajorD         E minorEm
It's not just any tragedy the story tells, oh

Outro:

E minorEm          C majorC       A minorAm          D MajorD
Still some will stay seated and the dark will take their hand

   E minorEm                   A minorAm        D MajorD
They hear every word she said but they don't feel, don't understand

      E minorEm
Don't understand