{"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":2417355,"song":"Own Light","artist":"Brother Ali","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11497569-own-light-chords-by-brother-ali/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2417355?type=chord","rating":4.86638,"votes":5,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   4x\r\n\r\nYou're not using your heart for\r\nWhat hearts are for\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey've been trying to shut us down our whole life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   I thank God for healing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou ain't got to get me lit, I got my own light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Thank God for listening, listen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou've been trying to build me up my whole life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I thank God for building[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou ain't got to get me lit, I got my own light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I thank God I'm living[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSometime I feel like a stranger, maybe I ain't from here[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWorld going crazy, how could that be unclear?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nKnow that I'm a soldier, heart's are my battleground[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSword in the holster, had to come back around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI ain't trying to hide away, I just had to meditate[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI ain't got a lot to say but the ancestors may[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSpeaking to the whole globe, numbers don't occur to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou can listen solo 'cause you're the whole world to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI jump in with both feet nothing low key[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou can find me where I'm s'posed be, where my folks be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf you listen very closely you know who chose me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNothing that I own owns me and so I'm so free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI remember being hungry needing groceries[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNighttime getting no sleep 'til my nose bleed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGot a message to the police:[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou're not using your heart for what hearts are for[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey've been trying to shut us down our whole life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   I thank God for healing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou ain't got to get me lit, I got my own light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Thank God for listening, listen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou've been trying to build me up my whole life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I thank God for building[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou ain't got to get me lit, I got my own light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I thank God I'm living[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNot for one second I believe what you're telling me[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI know you invented disease and sell the remedy[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nUniverse is sending me centuries of memories[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo the very breath that I breathe is all I ever need[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI got that Muhammad Ali up in my pedigree[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYes I be speaking my peace up in my seventies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAin't worry bout ya threatening me, I'm just being honest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI ain't buying fear just because it's all you got left[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe just want to make love 'til we wake up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI believe whoever made us envisioned greatness[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd you know they want to paint us with the same brush[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWanna interchain us 'til we fill our grave up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAlright okay but when it's all said and it's all done[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I look back at the trophies I won[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI will only count one[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm using my heart for what hearts are for[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey've been trying to shut us down our whole life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   I thank God for healing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou ain't got to get me lit, I got my own light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Thank God for listening, listen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou've been trying to build me up my whole life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I thank God for building[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou ain't got to get me lit, I got my own light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I thank God I'm living[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I know who I am[/tab]\r\n\r\nI know whose I am\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn your wings, I fly[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd in your shoes, I stand\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm animated by love, I don't move by chance[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAny stage I touch or any place I stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere y'all land, living in the world as it is[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCracked vessel, I am no more and no less than a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAny po-sessions that I have are just in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm balancing the best that I can[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm not making no claims but[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm using my heart for what hearts are for[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll the beauty in this whole life (uh)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I thank God for healing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd You ain't got to get me lit, I got my own light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I thank God for listening, listen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou've been trying to build me up my whole life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I thank God for building[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou ain't got to get me lit, I got my own light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I thank God I'm living[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust reflecting all the beauty in this whole life[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nF G   4x\n\nYou're not using your heart for\nWhat hearts are for\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nI know whose I am\n\n\nAnd in your shoes, I stand\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["F","G","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}