American Reckoning Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Gsus4][G][Gsus4][G][Gsus4][G][Gsus4]

[Verse 1]
[G]America's on [Gsus4]fire[G][Gsus4]
[G]There's protests in the[Gsus4] street[G]
[C]Her conscience has been looted
And her soul is under [Csus2]siege
[Am]Another mother's crying
[C]As history repeats
I [G]can't [Gsus4]breathe[G]
[Gsus4][G][Gsus4][G][Gsus4]

[Verse 2]
[G]God damn those eight long minutes
Lying face-down in in cuffs on
the [Gsus4]ground
[Csus2]Bystanders pleaded for mercy[C][Csus2]
As [G]one cop [C]shoved a kid in the crowd
[Am]When did a judge and a jury
[C]Become a badge and a knee
On these [G]streets?[Gsus4][G]

[Verse 3]
[C]Stay [G]alive, stay alive
[Am]Shine a [G]light, stay alive
[Em]Use your voice and y[G]ou
remember [C]me
American reck[G]oning[Gsus4][G][Gsus4]

[Verse 4]
[G]I'll never know what it's like
To walk a mile in [C]his shoes
And I'll never have to have the talk

[Verse 5]
So it don't happen to you
[Am]Three little words written 'cross the chest
Of a [C]twelve-year-old who who
who hasn't lived life yet
"Am I [G]next?" "Am I next?"

[Verse 6]
[C]Stay [G]alive, stay alive
[Am]Shine a [G]light, stay alive
[Em]Use your voice and y[G]ou
remember [C]me
American reck[G]oning[Gsus4][G]
[Em]

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][Em][C][D]
[Am][C][G]

[Verse 7]
Is this a moment [G]or movement?
Is this the tide or a flood?
[C]Is our American reckoning
Our story written in blood?
Or [Am]in love?
Or [C]in peace?

[Interlude 2]
[C][G]

[Verse 8]
[C]Stay [G]alive, stay alive
[Am]Shine a light, stay [G]alive
[Em]Use your voice and y[G]ou remember me
[C]

[Verse 9]
[C]Stay alive, [G]stay alive
[Am]Shine a [G]light, stay alive
[Em]Use your voice and y[G]ou
remember [C]me
American reck[G]oning

[Outro 1]
In our American reckoning
[G]