Glory chords by John Legend

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: novice

Play with no capo

C/E   032010
Am    x02210
F     133211
G     320033
Dm    xx0231

[Chorus]
*The C/E chord is just a normal C with the low E string (fattest)
 included in the strumming. You could also use an Em, but C/E
 sounds better.
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      F         C/E       F G
Oh glory    (glory)    (glory)    (glory)

[Verse I]
Am
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
 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
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
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               F
oh One day when the war is won
          C/E            F G
We will be sure, we will be sure
   Am      F         C/E       F G
Oh glory    (glory)    (glory)    (glory)

[Bridge]
        Dm               F
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        F         Am        G
We'll cry glory, oh glory  oh (glory)   (glory)
         Dm        F         Am        G
We'll cry glory, oh glory  oh (glory)   (glory)

[Verse II]
       Am
Selma's now for every man, woman and child
     F
Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd
     C/E
They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now
F      G
 Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles
     Am
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
The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful
   F
We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through
C/E                               F      G
Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany

Now we right the wrongs in history
Am
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               F
oh One day when the war is won
          C/E            F G
We will be sure, we will be sure
   Am      F         C/E       F G
Oh glory    (glory)    (glory)    (glory)
           Am       F            C/E            F  G
When the war is won, when it's all said and done
        Am      F    C/E   F  G
We'll cry glory, oh glory