I Can't Breathe Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G]
[Am][G][Am][G]
[Dm][F][C][Am]
Started [Dm]a war

[Verse 1]
[Em]
screaming [G]"Peace" at [Am]the same time
All the corrup[Em]tion, in[G]justice,
the [Am]same crimes
Always a [Em]problem if [G]we
do or don't [Dm]fight
And we die, we don't have
the same right[G]s[Am]
What [Dm]is a [Em]gun to a[G] man
that sur[Am]renders?
What's it gon[Dm]na ta[Em]ke for
[G]someone to de[Am]fend us?
If we all [Dm]agree [Em]that we're
equal [Dm]as people
Then why can't we see what is [Am]evil?

[Verse 2]
I can't [Em]breathe[G][Am]
You're taking my [Em]life [G]from [Am]me
I can't [Em]breathe[Dm]
Will anyone fight for [Am]me?

[Verse 3]
[Em]Oh, [G]oh, [Am]oh
Oh, oh, [Em]oh[G][Am]
[Em]Oh, oh, [G]oh
[Dm]

[Verse 4]
[Am]
How do we [Em]cope when we
don't love [G]each [Am]other?
Where is the [Em]hope and the em[G]pathy?
[Am]How do we judg[Em]e off the color?
[Dm]The structure was made to
make us the enemy
[Am]Prayin' for chan[Em]ge 'cause
the [G]pain makes you [Am]tender
All of the [Em]names you re
[G]fuse to remem[Am]ber
Were somebody's [Em]brother or friend
[Dm]Son to a mother that's crying, say[Am]in'

[Verse 5]
I can't [Em]breathe[G][Am]
You're taking my [Em]life [G]from [Am]me
I can' [Em]breathe[Dm]
Will anyone fight [C]for [Am]me?

[Verse 6]
Oh, [Em]oh, oh
[G]Oh, [Am]oh, oh[Em]
[G]Oh, oh, [Am]oh[Em][G][Dm]
Will anyone fight for [Am]me?

[Verse 7]
[Em]Oh, oh, [G]oh
[Am]Oh, [Em]oh, o[G]h
[Am]Oh, oh, [Em]oh[G]
[Dm](for me)

[Verse 8]
[Dm]Trying [Am]times all [Dm]the time[G]
Destruction of mind[Am]s, bodies,
and human right[Em]s
[G]Stripped [Am]of bloodlines, whipped
and confined
[Dm]This [G]is the American pride
It's justi[Dm]fying a [F]genocide
[C]
Romanticizing the theft [Am]and bloodshed
That made [Dm]Amer[Em]ica
the land of the free
[Am]To take a black life,
[Dm]land[Em] of the free
To bring [Am]a gun to a peaceful
[Dm]fight [Em]for civil rights
You [Dm]are desensitized to pulling
triggers on innocent lives

[Verse 9]
Because [Dm]that's how we got
here in the [G]first [Em]place
These [G]wound[Am]s sink
deeper than [Dm]the bullet
[Em]Your entitled hands[G]
could [Am]ever reach
Genera[Em]tions and generations [Dm]of pain,
fear, and anxiety
Equality is walking [Am]without intuition
Saying the pro[Em]tector and the [G]killer is
wearing the [Am]same [Em]uniform
The revolu[G]tion is not [Am]televised
Media percep[Em]tion is forced down
the throat[Dm]s of closed minds
So it's lies in the headlines
And [Am]generations of supremacy [Em]resulting in your [G]ignorant,
[Em]privileg[Am]ed eyes[Em]
We breathe [G]the same and
[Am]we bleed the same
[Em]But still, we don't see the same
Be [Dm]thankful we are God-fearing

[Verse 10]
Because Because we do not seek revenge
[Am]We seek justice, we ar[Em]e past fear[G]
[Am]We are fed up eating your [Em]shit
Because [G]you think your so-called
[Am]"black "black friend"
[Em]Vali[G]dates your wokeness and erases
[Dm]your racism
That kind of uncomfortable conver
[Am]sation is too hard
For your trust-[Em]fund pockets
pockets [G]to swallow
[Am]To swallow the strange [Em]fruit hanging
from my family tree
[Am]Because of your audacity
[Em]To say all men are created equal[Dm]
in the eyes of God
But disparage a man [Am]based
on the color of his skin
[Em]Do not say y[G]ou d[Am]o not see color
[Em]When you see [G]us, [Am]see us
[Em]We can't b[G]reathe

[Verse 11]
Oh, oh, oh [Dm]Oh, oh, oh
[Am][Em][G][Am]
[Em][G][Am][Em][Dm]
[Am]Oh, [Em]oh, o[G]h

[Verse 12]
[Am]Oh, [G]oh, oh
[Am]Oh, oh, [G]oh
Oh, oh, oh
[Dm]