Legacy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm][Am][Dm]
[F][Em][G]
It is [Am]a

[Verse 1]
legacy
It was handed [Dm]down to me
Poor dirt [F]farmer
Skinny [Dm]mule
[G]

[Verse 2]
Parched [Dm]the [Am]red clay
Like it was [Dm]the Red Sea
It is a [F]legacy
[Dm]Both [Am]me and Yo[G]u
[Em]You are a black

[Verse 3]
[Am]man
I am a [Dm]white man
Both come from [F]southland
Both doing [C]the [G]best we [Em]can[G]
[Em]Well the grim [Am]reaper

[Verse 4]
Is my brother's [Dm]keeper
The way my [F]brother was kept
Small won[Am]der J[G]e sus wept
Is it [Em]a legacy

[Verse 5]
Passed down to [C]you and me
What we're taught [Dm]to believe
We never [F]question these [Am]things

[Verse 6]
It is a [Em]legacy
It's a wild and [C]bitter seed
Blown across those [Dm]fertile fields
Where the roots run [Am]deep
[G][F]

[Verse 7]
Both [Am]got calloused hands
Blue collared [Dm]working men
Down here [F]in Bubba land
What's in a [Am]name
[Dm][G]

[Verse 8]
Both liv[Am]ing rent to rent
Some owe the [Dm]government
We are quite [F]different
We are the same
[Dm][G]

[Verse 9]
It is [Em]a legacy
Passed down to [C]you and me
What we learn [Dm]to believe
We never [F]question these [Am]things

[Verse 10]
It is a [Em]legacy
A wild and [C]bitter seed
Blown across those [Dm]fertile fields
Where the roots run [Am]deep

[Interlude 1]
[G][F][G][Am][Dm][C]
[F][C][F][G][Am][Dm][F]
[C][F][C][G]

[Verse 11]
Sundays we [Am]congregate
Praise Jesus, [Dm]pass the plate
Sitting in our [F]Sunday best
[Am]Singing hymns [Dm]and [G]wiping sweat
We [Em]learn [Am]the golden

[Verse 12]
rule
In separate [Dm]Sunday schools
Our house [F]long divided against [Dm]itself
[G]It

[Verse 13]
[Em]is a[C] legac[Em]y
Passed down to [C]you and me
What we [Dm]choose to believe
We dare not [F]question these thing[Am]s

[Verse 14]
It is a [Em]legacy
It is a wild and [C]bitter seed
Scattered on those [Dm]fertile fields
[Am][G][F][G][Am][G]
Where the roots [F]run[Em][Am]
[G]dee[F]p

[Outro 1]
[G][Am][Dm][Am]