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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2862077,"song":"Shots Fired","artist":"Matt Pless","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11646831-shots-fired-chords-by-matt-pless/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2862077?type=chord","rating":4.26925,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJamal called Denise said he'd be home late[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEarning money on the side to put food on their plate[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOnly trying to provide but it sealed his fate[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSelling bootleg tapes by the subway train[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the cops came through in an hour or two[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey unloaded hot lead through his valid excuse[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nProving black and blue can mean more than a bruise[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow there's one less seat at a table for two[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe officers stood trial[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCrippled justice let them walk[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey'll hide behind a badge[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat let's them live above the law[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's shots fired in the city streets[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAcross the color line[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShots fired through concealment[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf the power structures crimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShots fired at the courthouse[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhere corruption wears the crown[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShots fired when the crooked gavel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nComes a crashing down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBilly's father raised him tough told him \"be a man\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a Bible and a rifle for aluminum cans[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSent him off to fight a war came back lost in his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith a vengeance toward the system that he fought to defend[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBrought a semi automatic to a southern church[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the congregations leaving in the back of a hearse[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen he took his own life cause the truth can hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen you trust in God and your country first[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA casualty of liberty[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith landmine mental health[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe\"s daddy's little hero[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut he couldn't save himself[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCause it's shots fired on the battlefield[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhat are we fighting for?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShots fired through the smiles[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf the profiteers of war[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShots fired in the classrooms[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBy the twisted poisoned mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShots fired for the answers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat we seek but cease to find[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen Omar's face flashed on the TV screen[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a massacre, the likes of which we'd never seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSome reporters called him crazy others blamed his beliefs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis religion or conflicting sexuality[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut it doesn't really matter when push comes to shove[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause he aimed a loaded weapon at a Florida club[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTaking 49 lives hated how they loved[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLeft a shadow on a rainbow drenched in blood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe politics of ignorance[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill lie and generalize[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt spreads the thread of prejudice[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo widen the divide[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo it's shots fired at extremists[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd their blatant bigotry[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShots fired for communities[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn fear of the police[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShots fired at the government's[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWho orchestrate the fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShots fire on the left[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd then shots fire on the right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHear the thunder as it echoes all across the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom the fire arms the trigger happy hold in their hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSome will call it patriotic others want them banned[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd attempt to put the genie back inside the lamp[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's a matter of opinion if it's wrong or right[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt depends, cause' they can end or they can save a life[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIts the edges of perspective where our views collide[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr the center of the target where we compromise[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo think it through, this much is true[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhatever you decide[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou're bound to find a paradox[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn every paradigm[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShots fired throughout history[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA chapter in decline[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShots fired at the barricades[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat block the changing times[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShots fired for the victims[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSweating bullets on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShots fired cause were looking down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe barrel of a gun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] x2","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm G Am x2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nAm G Am x2\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nAm G Am x2\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nAm G Am x2\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm G Am x2","chords":["Am","G","F","E","Dm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}