{"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":2457652,"song":"Today In Charlottesville","artist":"David Rovics","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11502554-today-in-charlottesville-chords-by-david-rovics/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2457652?type=chord","rating":0.01912,"votes":0,"content":"[Intoroduction]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was a massacre in church that got certain forces moving[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMany towns are now at least superficially improving[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSuch as in Virginia, where a statue of General Lee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStands as a reminder of the days of slavery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the city center, an indelible mark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the spot that's been renamed Emancipation Park[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSlated for removal, when a judge intervened[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhich might be the moment that most fully set the scene[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n(For) 19 injured, one killed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\ntoday in Charlottesville[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith their man in the White House, members of the Right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMarched through the university, torches alight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChanting against immigrants, Africans and Jews[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it's not the flying bottles that put them in the news[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo much as the bigot in the car, revving his engine loud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSpeeding forward and then back, running down the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUsing the same tactic promoted by Islamic State[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe he was even shouting “God is great”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n(For) 19 injured, one killed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\ntoday in Charlottesville[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMore than half the city used to be in chains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow their descendants who still remain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAre being forced to leave by gentrification[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust like poor white folks all across the nation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd with the presidential tweets and xenophobic rants[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's just a matter of time before some pawn takes the chance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo plow into a march with half a ton of steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is not fake news -- it's real[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n(For) 19 injured, one killed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\ntoday in Charlottesville[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intoroduction]\nDm C Dm G\nDm C Dm G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nDm C Dm G\nDm C Dm G\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nDm C Dm G\nDm C Dm G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nDm C Dm G\nDm C Dm G","chords":["Dm","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}