American Skin (41 Shots) [Live] Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][Em][C]
[D][Dm][C]

[Verse 1]
[G]Forty one [C]shots
[Em]Forty one [C]shots
[D]Forty one [Dm]shots[Dsus4][C]
[G]Forty one shot[C]s
[Em]Forty one [C]shots
[D]Forty one shots
[Dsus4]Forty one[Dm] shot[Dsus4]s[C]

[Interlude 1]
[G][Gsus4][Em]
[C][D][Dm][C]

[Verse 2]
[G]Forty one [Gsus4]shots,[C][Gsus4]
[G]and we'll [Em]take that [Am]ride[C]
[D]Across this bloody [Dsus4]river
[D]to [C]the other side
[G]Forty one shots,
[Gsus4]they cut [G]thr[Em]ough the nig[C]ht
You're kneeling over his body [D]in
the [Dm]vestibule[D][Dm][D]
[C]Praying for his life

[Verse 3]
[C]
Is it a gun?
[G]Is it a knife?
[C]Is it a wallet?
[G]This is your life
[C]It ain't no [G]secret [C](it ain't
[G]no [Am]secre[C]t)
It ain't no [G]secret[Am]
[C](it ain't no sec[G]ret)
[C]Ain't no secret my [G]friend
[C]You can get killed just [G]for liv[C]ing
[D]in your American skin

[Verse 4]
[G]Forty one [Gsus4]shots[G]
[Em]Forty one [C]shots
[Dsus4]Forty one shots
[C]Forty one shots

[Verse 5]
[G]Forty one [Gsus4]shots,
lena gets [G]her son [Em]ready for [C]school
She says [G]now on [Dsus4]these streets charles
You got to [C]understand the rules
Promise me if an of[G]ficer [Gsus4]stops
[G]you'll alw[Em]ays be polit[C]e
[Dsus4]Never ever run away and promise mama
[C]you'll keep your hands in sight

[Verse 6]
[C]'Cause is it a gun?
[G]Is it a knife?
[C]Is it a wallet?
[G]This is your life
[C]It ain't no [G]secret [Am](it a[C]in't
[G]no [C]secret)
It ain't no [G]secret [C](it ain't
[G]no [C]secret)
No secret my [G]friend
[C]You can get killed just for liv[G]ing
[Am]in y[D]our American skin

[Verse 7]
[G]Forty one [Gsus4]shots
[Em]Forty one shots
[Dsus4]Forty one shots
[C]Forty one shots

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][C][G][Em]
[D][Dsus4]
[Dm][C][G]
[Em][D]
[Dsus4][D][Dsus4][C]

[Verse 8]
Is it a [G]gun?
Is it a [C]knife?
Is it a wallet?
[G]This is your life
[C]It ain't no [G]secret [Am](it a[C]in't
[G]no [C]secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't
[G]no [C]secret)
It ain't no [Am]secret
[D](it ain't no sec[G]ret)

[Verse 9]
Forty one [G]shots and we'll
[Em]take that [C]ride[Em]
[D]Across this bloody [Dsus4]river
[D]to [C]the other side
[G]Forty one shots my boot
[Em]s caked in mud
We're bap[D]tized in these wa
[Dsus4]ters and [D]in each[C] other's blood

[Verse 10]
[C]
Is it a gun?
[G]Is it a knife?
[C]Is it a wallet?
[G]This is your life
[C]It ain't no [G]secret [C](it ain't
[G]no [C]secret)
It ain't no [G]secret [Am](it a[C]in't
[G]no [Am]secre[C]t)
[G]No secret [C]my friend
You [D]can [Dsus4]get
killed just for living in
[D]You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just [Dm]for living [D]in

[Interlude 3]
Your American skin
[G][Gsus4][G][Em][C]
[D]
[C][D][C][G]
[Gsus4][G][Em][C][D]
[C]

[Verse 11]
[G]Forty one shots
[Gsus4]Forty one[G] shots
[Em]Forty one [C]shots
[D]Forty one shots
[C]Forty one shots
[G]Forty one [Gsus4]shots
[G]Forty one[Em] shot[C]s
[D][C]