up in arms Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I was [G]once
at the [Am]forefront of the [G]movement[Em]
Teaching my [G]broth[D]ers,
teaching [C]sisters of their [G]pride[C]

[Verse 2]
"Up in [C]arms, [G]up in [Am]arms,
up in [G]arms!" I [Em]said
Here [D]comes the baddest man [C]your
eyes have [G]ever [C]graced
[G]200 years

[Verse 3]
[C]ain't but[Am] two
things have [G]changed[Em]
It's safe to [G]say [D]I've had a
[C]price upon [G]my head
[C]

[Verse 4]
Bobby Seale and I [Am]have
made important [G]progress
[Em]It's safe to say t[D]hat my
[C]glory has fle[G]d
[C]

[Verse 5]
"Up in arms, up in [Am]arms,
up in [G]arms!" I [Em]say
Here comes [D]the baddest man [C]your
eyes have [G]ever [C]graced
"Up in arms, up in [Am]arms,
up in [G]arms!" I say

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 6]
[G]Politi[Em]cians never [Am]see the
brown [G]boy [C]starving[Em]
Like Malcolm [D]X, and Martin [C]King,
[G]Marcus [C]Garvey

[Verse 7]
[G]In '65 there [Em]was a
[Am]climate for [G]the [Em]riots
It's [D]'89 and I'm seeing
[C]deja vu again
[G]

[Verse 8]
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The police [G]are always [Em]say ing [Am]"why
this sense[G]less violence?"
[F]But[Em] they'll light the spark an[D]d we'll
be [C]dry brush an[G]d the w[C]ind

[Verse 9]
"Up in [G]arms, up in [Am]arms,
up in [G]arms!" I [Em]said
Tell Bobby [D]Hutton that po[C]liceman still [G]gets paid

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 10]
[C]The CIA has stu[Am]mbled
on a ghetto [G]po [Em]tion
It's in my [D]lungs and it's [C]numbed
my [G]black [C]emo[G]tions[C]

[Verse 11]
My lips are [C]dry [Em]my skin is a[Am]shy,
I need [G]lotion
[Em]I've still got my [D]gun but I [C]ain't
got sense [G]of purpose [C]now

[Verse 12]
I feel [G]weak, I feel weak, I feel [Am]weaker
than I [G]have [Em]before
Ain't got an [D]army marching [C]in with
me [G]through Hoover's [C]door

[Verse 13]
It's getting [G]late I better [Am]find some
place [G]where I can [Em]sleep
My pillow [D]debts I've left un[C]paid on
these [G]West Oakland [C]streets

[Verse 14]
"Up in [G]arms, up in [Am]arms,
up in [G]arms!" I [Em]said
Here comes [D]the baddest man [C]your
eyes have [G]ever [C]graced
"Up in [G]arms, up in [Am]arms, up in [G]arms!" I said

[Outro 1]
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