Glory chords by John Legend

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning


Play with no capo

C/EC/E  032010
A minorAm  x02210
FF   133211
G+G   320033
DmDm  xx0231

[Chorus]
*The C/EC/E chord is just a normal C majorC with the low E MajorE string (fattest)
 included in the strumming. You could also use an Em, but C/EC/E
 sounds better.
A minorAm        FF
One day when the glory comes
      C/EC/E      FF G+G
It will be ours, it will be ours
  A minorAm        FF
oh One day when the war is won
     C/EC/E      FF G+G
We will be sure, we will be sure
  A minorAm   FF     C/EC/E    FF G+G
Oh glory  (glory)  (glory)  (glory)

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

[Chorus]
A minorAm        FF
One day when the glory comes
      C/EC/E      FF G+G
It will be ours, it will be ours
  A minorAm        FF
oh One day when the war is won
     C/EC/E      FF G+G
We will be sure, we will be sure
  A minorAm   FF     C/EC/E    FF G+G
Oh glory  (glory)  (glory)  (glory)

[Bridge]
    DmDm        FF
Now the war is not over, victory isn't won
     A minorAm           G+G
And we'll fight on to the finish, then when it's all done
     DmDm    FF     A minorAm    G+G
We'll cry glory, oh glory oh (glory)  (glory)
     DmDm    FF     A minorAm    G+G
We'll cry glory, oh glory oh (glory)  (glory)

[Verse II]
    A minorAm
Selma's now for every man, woman and child
   FF
Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd
   C/EC/E
They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now
FF   G+G
 Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles
   A minorAm
From dark roads he rose, to become a hero
FF
Facin' the league of justice, his power was the people
C/EC/E              FF
Enemy is lethal, a king became regal
G+G
Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle
  A minorAm
The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful
  FF
We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through
C/EC/E                FF   G+G
Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany

Now we right the wrongs in history
A minorAm
No one can win the war individually
       FF
It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people's energy
C/EC/E               FF
Welcome to the story we call victory
  G+G
the Comin' of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory

[Chorus]
A minorAm        FF
One day when the glory comes
      C/EC/E      FF G+G
It will be ours, it will be ours
  A minorAm        FF
oh One day when the war is won
     C/EC/E      FF G+G
We will be sure, we will be sure
  A minorAm   FF     C/EC/E    FF G+G
Oh glory  (glory)  (glory)  (glory)
      A minorAm    FF      C/EC/E      FF G+G
When the war is won, when it's all said and done
    A minorAm   FF  C/EC/E  FF G+G
We'll cry glory, oh glory

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