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Eminor

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Standard Tuning
Capo 1
You can play C instead of Cadd9
[Intro]
Em Cadd9 D Am D
[Verse 1]
EmYou've been hanging your Cadd9conscience on the fenceD  
Cause Amyou can't Dhold it
EmAn empty Cadd9promise laid to restD  
A Amlife is Dstolen
EmAnd there will Cadd9be no conseDquence
For Amwhat you Dbroken
EmDon't you Cadd9know what your Dfather saidD  Am  
[Pre-Chorus]
We are the onlyAm  D  
We are the braveD  Am  
We are America, butAm  D  
We are to blame
[Chorus]
EmStand up, stand up
Can you hear me now
GAll I, all I
Really want now is
CYour voice, your voice
Screaming out loud saying
DWe can make it, oh we can make it
EmFist up, fist up
Don't put your hands down
GAll I, all I
Really want now is
CYour voice, your voice
Screaming out loud saying
DWe can make it, oh we can make it
[Verse 2]
EmWe've been biting our Cadd9tongues for far too Dlong
AmAnd they Gknow it
EmThey told us that Cadd9hope would carry onD  
They Amreally had us Ggoing
EmAnd there will Cadd9be no conseDquence
For your Amsinful hypDnosis
EmDon't you Cadd9know, what your Dfather saidD  Am  
[Pre-Chorus]
We are the onlyAm  D  
We are the braveD  Am  
We are America, butAm  D  
We are to blame
[Chorus]
EmStand up, stand up
Can you hear me now
GAll I, all I
Really want now is
CYour voice, your voice
Screaming out loud saying
DWe can make it, oh, we can make it
EmFist up, fist up
Don't put your hands down
GAll I, all I
Really want now is
CYour voice, your voice
Screaming out loud saying
DWe can make it, oh, we can make it

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America

by Alec Benjamin

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Standard Tuning

Capo 1

You can play C instead of Cadd9

[Intro]

Em Cadd9 D Am D

[Verse 1]

Em Cadd9 D

You've been hanging your conscience on the fence

Am D

Cause you can't hold it

Em Cadd9 D

An empty promise laid to rest

Am D

A life is stolen

Em Cadd9 D

And there will be no consequence

Am D

For what you broken

Em Cadd9 D D Am

Don't you know what your father said

[Pre-Chorus]

Am D

We are the only

D Am

We are the brave

Am D

We are America, but

We are to blame

[Chorus]

Stand up, stand up

Can you hear me now

All I, all I

Really want now is

Your voice, your voice

Screaming out loud saying

We can make it, oh we can make it

Fist up, fist up

Don't put your hands down

All I, all I

Really want now is

Your voice, your voice

Screaming out loud saying

We can make it, oh we can make it

[Verse 2]

Em Cadd9 D

We've been biting our tongues for far too long

Am G

And they know it

Em Cadd9 D

They told us that hope would carry on

Am G

They really had us going

Em Cadd9 D

And there will be no consequence

Am D

For your sinful hypnosis

Em Cadd9 D D Am

Don't you know, what your father said

[Pre-Chorus]

Am D

We are the only

D Am

We are the brave

Am D

We are America, but

We are to blame

[Chorus]

Stand up, stand up

Can you hear me now

All I, all I

Really want now is

Your voice, your voice

Screaming out loud saying

We can make it, oh, we can make it

Fist up, fist up

Don't put your hands down

All I, all I

Really want now is

Your voice, your voice

Screaming out loud saying

We can make it, oh, we can make it

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