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Music by: Mavis Staples
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[Intro 1]
[G][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Who's [F]go ing to [G]do it,

[Interlude 1]
if I don't?
[G][Bb][C][Bb][G][Bb]

[Verse 2]
[G]Sick and tired of feeling sick and [C]tired (this ain't Heav[G]en,
[F]help [C]us)
[G]They say my words might get me [C]fired (this ain't Heaven,
[G]hel[F]p us)
What a ter[G]rifying time to [C]raise [G]our voices
[C](th[F]is ain't Heaven,[G] hel[F]p us)
But see, [G]I'm not left with many more
[C]choices (this ain't Heav[G]en, help us)

[Verse 3]
I gotta put it into action
[G](Action) ac[Bb]tion [C](action)
Doin' it A to [Bb]Z until I set myse[Gm]lf fre[G]e (action,
action) oh, ac[Bb]tion
I don't [C]care if you refuse to [Bb]see (I gotta
put it [G]into) action (ac[Gm]tion) ac[Bb]tion
[Gm]Consider[C] this a sign[Bb] of an emergency[Gm][G]
(ac[Gm]tion) [Bb]action (action) action
[C]Who's going to do it,
if I [Bb]don't do it?
[G][F][C]

[Verse 4]
[G][F]
[G]So, my brains are filled with fear
(this ain't [F]Heaven, help us)
So, I [G]feel the heat as night comes near
[C](this ain't Heaven,[G] hel[F]p us)
Oh, [G]A- C- T- I- O- [C]N (this ain't Heaven,
[F]help us)
[G]Please don't stop if you're really my
[C]friend (this ain't Heav[F]en, [G]help us)
I [F]gotta put it into

[Verse 5]
[G]action
[Bb](action) action [C](action)
Doing it A to [Bb]Z until I feel so [G]free
[Bb](action, action)
I don't [C]care if you refuse to [Bb]see (I gotta put i[G]t
into) [Bb]action (action) ac[Gm]tion (ac[C]tion)
Consider this a sign of [Bb]emergency y'all
[G](ac[Bb]tion) yeah (ac[C]tion)

[Verse 6]
Who's gonna do it if [Bb]I
don't do [Cm]it?
I'm tired of being scared
(tired of being scared)
I'm so tired of being scared
(tired of being scared)
Scared for my children
I'm scared for our children
I'm tired of being scared
For the [C]mothers [Cm]and father[G]s and brothers
and sis[Bb]ter s[G] ([C]A- C- T- I- N- G)

[Verse 7]
Gotta share the truth that's [C]inside of me
[Bb](thi[Cm]s is [C]an emerge[G]ncy)
Of [C]the highest and the fullest and the final de
[Bb]cree [G](I'm still trying to be free)
Don't [C]let this separate you and [Bb]me[Cm]
[G]Oh, please (who's gonna do it [Cm]if I
don't [G]do [Bb]it?)

[Verse 8]
Action (action) action [C](action)
Doing it A to [Bb]Z until I feel so fr[G]ee
[Bb](action) action (action)
I don't [C]care if you refuse [Bb]to see (I gotta
put [G]it [Bb]into) action (action)
[C]Consider this a sign of emer[Bb]gency
[G](action) action [Bb](action)
[C]Who's gonna do it if I don't?
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