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Native Son

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[Intro]
Em D Em C G C G D/F#
Em D Em C G C G
[Verse]
You finally found the Emmainstream  C     Em  CIn the middle of your GlifeC  G  
You tapped into a Emvein Of Cendless gold Emchains Now you're Clocked up GtightC  G  
Tearing down the Emmiddle of it  C     Em  CCut it right in GhalfC  G  
Bobbing up and down the Emwaves like a Crunaway Emslave on a CHuck Finn GraftC  G  
[Chorus]
Take your Emwife CTake your Emfamily
And CTake your Ggun   C    GRunning through the wEmoods
CAnd the burned out neighbEmorhoods LCooking for sGomeoneC  G  
A member of your Emtribe Ca Place you can Emhide
'Til Cthe war has Gbegun   C     G'Cause in the B7fields before the Emflood
CYou'll be spilling Emblood just like a Cnative GsonC  G  
[Verse]
Where you gonna Emrun to  C     Em  Cthere ain't no underGgroundC  G  
If only you could Emfly you'd Ccut across the Emsky
Like a Crifle Ground   C     Goh, who are your EmpeopleC  Em  
Tell me Cwhere is your Ghomeland   C     G'Cause they're dying side by Emside
At the Criver of Empride   where we Ctried to take a GstandC  G  
[Chorus]
Take your Emwife CTake your Emfamily
And CTake your Ggun   C    GRunning through the wEmoods
CAnd the burned out neighbEmorhoods LCooking for sGomeoneC  G  
A member of your Emtribe Ca Place you can Emhide
'Til Cthe war has Gbegun   C     G'Cause in the B7fields before the Emflood
CYou'll be spilling Emblood just like a Cnative GsonC  G  
Take your Emwife CTake your Emfamily
And CTake your Ggun   C    GRunning through the wEmoods
CAnd the burned out neighbEmorhoods LCooking for sGomeoneC  G  
A member of your Emtribe Ca Place you can Emhide
'Til Cthe war has Gbegun   C     G'Cause in the B7fields before the Emflood
CYou'll be spilling Emblood just like a Cnative GsonC  G  
In the fields before the Emflood
CYou'll be spilling Emblood just like a Cnative GsonC  G  
Em C Em C G

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O22OOO

Minor chord - Sad, melancholic sound

✕ Mute Open Press

Skill · find home

E minor

This chord is home. When a line ends, land here.

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Native Son

by John Hiatt

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

[Intro]

Em D Em C G C G D/F#

Em D Em C G C G

[Verse]

Em C Em C G C G

You finally found the mainstream In the middle of your life

Em C Em C G C G

You tapped into a vein Of endless gold chains Now you're locked up tight

Em C Em C G C G

Tearing down the middle of it Cut it right in half

Em C Em C G C G

Bobbing up and down the waves like a runaway slave on a Huck Finn raft

[Chorus]

Em C Em

Take your wife Take your family

C G C G Em

And Take your gun Running through the woods

C Em C G C G

And the burned out neighborhoods Looking for someone

Em C Em

A member of your tribe a Place you can hide

C G C G B7 Em

'Til the war has begun 'Cause in the fields before the flood

C Em C G C G

You'll be spilling blood just like a native son

[Verse]

Em C Em C G C G

Where you gonna run to there ain't no underground

Em C Em

If only you could fly you'd cut across the sky

C G C G Em C Em

Like a rifle round oh, who are your people

C G C G Em

Tell me where is your homeland 'Cause they're dying side by side

C Em C G C G

At the river of pride where we tried to take a stand

[Chorus]

Em C Em

Take your wife Take your family

C G C G Em

And Take your gun Running through the woods

C Em C G C G

And the burned out neighborhoods Looking for someone

Em C Em

A member of your tribe a Place you can hide

C G C G B7 Em

'Til the war has begun 'Cause in the fields before the flood

C Em C G C G

You'll be spilling blood just like a native son

Em C Em

Take your wife Take your family

C G C G Em

And Take your gun Running through the woods

C Em C G C G

And the burned out neighborhoods Looking for someone

Em C Em

A member of your tribe a Place you can hide

C G C G B7 Em

'Til the war has begun 'Cause in the fields before the flood

C Em C G C G

You'll be spilling blood just like a native son

In the fields before the flood

C Em C G C G

You'll be spilling blood just like a native son

Em C Em C G

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