Build A Bridge chords by Nahko And Medicine For The People

Chords with lyrics

Build a Bridge

Nahko varies where he plays the chords when he does this live. But I'm particular to play the verses as fret
chords so you can get the beat and those single strums going, and the chorus as open chords. Palm muting
parts of this song sounds sweet, too.


So in the verse:

DmDm = 5th fret
G minorGm = 10th fret
A augmentedA = 5th fret


[Verse]

   DmDm         G minorGm
Said prepare me for, for long battle
    A augmentedA
I am a witness, hold crystal bullets
      DmDm
I drop the hatchet, you won't forget this
   DmDm         G minorGm
Said prepare me for, for long battle
    A augmentedA
I am a witness, hold crystal bullets
      DmDm
I drop the hatchet, you won't forget this

   DmDm
Said, mine eyes have seen nothing but trouble
G minorGm
You must make peace with them gods and the devils
A augmentedA
I can be rude, boy, I am not subtle
DmDm
I tend to sneak in and burst all them bubbles
DmDm
We are the ones, we been waiting to rumble
G minorGm
I torch my enemies out with a candle
A augmentedA
Music is the weapon make empires crumble
DmDm
We bring them bankers and wealthy to tremble

DmDm        G minorGm
What we know is what we're owed
       A augmentedA
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
       DmDm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
    DmDm       G minorGm
Said, what we know is what we're owed
       A augmentedA
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
       DmDm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges


    DmDm
I said I rep the misfits, (not the[?]) society
G minorGm
We struggle with housing, drugs, and sobriety
A augmentedA
We're not from here, but born here respectively
DmDm
Immigrated cause America raped my country
DmDm
My bridge 'ain't built with no white-man money
    G minorGm
I'm on Indian time, you know you cannot rush me
A augmentedA
I can be vicious, malicious, and ugly
 DmDm
A augmentedA danger to darkness, to better run quickly


DmDm        G minorGm
What we know is what we're owed
       A augmentedA
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
       DmDm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
    DmDm       G minorGm
Said, what we know is what we're owed
       A augmentedA
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
       DmDm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges, said


[Chorus]

    FF        C majorC
I have come to build a bridge
       DmDm
So come, let’s build
Build, build, build
    FF        C majorC
I have come to build a bridge
        DmDm
So come, let's build
Build, build, build


[Verse]

    DmDm
I said, life was pretty crazy, I was 9 months old
   G minorGm
Yeah, mama gave me up - 14 years old
   A augmentedA
Said, I don't give a shit, grandmother, she was so bold
DmDm
Son of that rape, my mama's body got sold
DmDm
Not to say poppa didn't have a good soul
     G minorGm
Cause he did give me the anger, I was born so cold
A augmentedA
Raised white Christian in a white neighborhood
     DmDm
There was no bridges for me and my indigenous blood
      DmDm
I said I'm confused, identity crisis
 G minorGm
Indigenous mastery is so timeless
    A augmentedA
Now I'm building bridges so that it will all make sense
    DmDm
Why I'm here with the music, so passionate
DmDm
Got to ride hard or die trying
   G minorGm
Said, I am a rain cloud, storm white lighting
A augmentedA
I am relentless stop at nothing
DmDm
I'm el coyote, bridges building
DmDm
Building, building, building
G minorGm
Building, building, building
A augmentedA                DmDm
Building, building, building


    DmDm
I said, I rock the one feather on me next head
G minorGm
Must stay humble, never be like chief headdress
A augmentedA
Hang the flag upside down, I'm in distress
   DmDm
Never take no title out of deepest respect
DmDm
Welcome to Aquarius, son, you’re a 🏷Legend
G minorGm
Guardian of the gate, it's gate number seven
A augmentedA
I tame that beast and I ride the dragon
 DmDm
I reincarnate as a wild stallion


DmDm        G minorGm
What we know is what we're owed
       A augmentedA
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
       DmDm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
    DmDm       G minorGm
Said, what we know is what we're owed
       A augmentedA
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
       DmDm
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges, said


[Repeat Chorus]


[Verse]

     DmDm         G minorGm
Said, my people my earth, my country, my heart
  A augmentedA          DmDm
In service for ever, a mission to better
  DmDm          G minorGm
My passion, my fist, my heart, open it
  A augmentedA        DmDm
Reclaim, recover, protect clean water

      FF        C majorC
Said, I've come to live in peace
        DmDm
So come, let's live
Live, live, live
      FF        C majorC
Said, I've come to live in peace
        DmDm
So come, let's live
Live, live, live
    FF        C majorC
I have come to live in peace
        DmDm
So come, let's live
Live, live, live
    FF       C majorC
I have come to live in peace
        DmDm