{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":3379757,"song":"Under The Devils Knee","artist":"Tré Burt","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11129887-under-the-devils-knee-tab-by-tre-burt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/3379757?type=tab","rating":4.76485,"votes":3,"content":"Capo on 2. Based on the WesternAF version.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnder the devil's knee oh lord, I'm under the devil's knee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nScreamin' \"I cannot breathe\" my lord, from under the devil's knee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen George Floyd was a young boy in a project called \"The Bricks\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was hard to see a way out of Houston, Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll them kids would tease him because of where he lived[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he never planned to stay long a Cuney Homes kid[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes his love for basketball got him a scholarship[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll the way at South Florida State[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe came back after 2 years lookin for a job[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut got wrapped back up in bullshit pled guilty to the law[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nGeorge came outta prison with his head on straight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTeachin' all the neighborhood children the good ol' christian way[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill his life was taken from him for no reason but his race[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the 25th of May[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnder the devil's knee oh lord, I'm under the devil's knee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nScreamin' \"I cannot breathe\" my lord, from under the devil's knee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nEric was his first name and Garner was his last[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes he hailed from New York City and had to grow up fast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll he learned from high school was how to fix a car[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause the state don't fund the schools where them brown kids are[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a system built to fail him and incentivized to charge[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe just did what he had to do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOut on Staten Island on a hot day in July[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike a man of peace that he was breakin' up a fight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Officer Pantaleo, that crooked little swine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe put Eric in a chokehold and squeezed away his life[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe left behind 6 children, and stolen from his wife[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI curse the day you ever opened up your eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnder the devil's knee oh lord, I'm under the devil's knee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nScreamin' \"I cannot breathe\" my lord, from under the devil's knee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn Louisville, Kentucky, the DA and the mayor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey have yet to charge the 3 thugs who killed Breonna Taylor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey broke into her home at midnight unannounced[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWithout badges or a warrant, so Kenny stood his ground[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo protect the woman he loved and they fired 20 rounds[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the window through the curtains from outside[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBreonna worked the long shift, had dreams to be a nurse[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow I wish I coulda saved her from this American Curse[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't tell me your position, don't need no sympathy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah your bleeding heart's complicit if you ain't in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow's the time to use that privilege and wake up from your sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr get out the way, we ain't waitin' for next time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnder the devil's knee oh lord, I'm under the devil's knee[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh I'm screamin' \"I cannot breathe\" my lord, from under the devil's knee[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom under the devil's knee[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom under the devil's knee[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on 2. Based on the WesternAF version.\n\n[Intro]\nD Bm D Bm D A D\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD Bm D Bm D A D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","Bm","A"]}