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Key: E
Intro:
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Verse 1:
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There is darkness in the Delta
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Up and down the Mississippi
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Darkness in the Delta
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Up and down the Mississippi
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Darkness in the swamp
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And darkness in the city
Verse 2:
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The dream is deferred
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And the churches are burning
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The dream is deferred
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And the churches are burning
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When voices are not heard
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What the hell are we learning?
Chorus:
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Black tears filled with blues
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Black tears in the street
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Black tears filled with blues
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Black tears in the street
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We gotta keep looking for that
G E
Mercy seat
[Interlude]
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Verse 3:
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400 years is long enough
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How long will they rain down?
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400 years is long enough
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How long will they rain down?
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You know it's a sad, sad, sad sound
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When those tears hit the ground
[Guitar Solo]
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Verse 4:
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There's blood in the river
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There's blood in the heat
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There's blood in the river
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There's blood in the heat
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There is blood all around
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Blood all around my feet
Chorus:
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Black tears filled with blues
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Black tears in the street
A
Black tears filled with blues
A
Black tears in the street
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We gotta keep looking for that
G E
Mercy seat
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We gotta keep looking for that
G E
Mercy seat
[Interlude]
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Outro:
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We gotta keep looking
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For that mercy seat
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We gotta keep looking
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For that mercy seat
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For that mercy seat
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That mercy seat
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