wrote a song for everyone chords and lyrics - MAVIS STAPLES

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[Verse 1]
[D]Met[G] my[A]sel[D]f a[G] co[A]m[D]
[A]in' [G]county welfare [D]line.
I was feelin' strung [G]out,
[D]hung out on [A]the line.
[D]Saw myself [A]a goin',
[Bm]down to war in Jun[G]e.
[D]What I want,
[A]all I want is to [G]write my[D]self a tune.

[Verse 2]
[G][Chorus]
Wrote a song [D]for ev'ryone,
[G]Wrote a song for tru[D]th.
[G]Wrote a song for[D] ev'ry on[A]e[Bm]
And I [G]couldn't leave it up to [D]you.[G][A]

[Verse 3]
[D]Got myself arres[A]ted,
[G]wound me up [D]in jail.
Richmond 'bout to blow [G]up,
com[D]munication [A]failed.
[D]If you see the an[A]swer,
[Bm]now's the time [G]to say.
[D]What I want, [A]all I want is to [G]get you down [D]to pray.

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][G][D]
[G][D][A][Bm][G][D][A][G]
[D][G][D][A][D][A][Bm]
[G][D][A][G]
[D][Chorus:Repeat x2] (And I

[Verse 4]
[G]
[D]cou[G]ldn[D]'t[G][D][A][Bm][G]
even talk [D]to [G]you[A])[D]
Saw the people a [A]standin' thou

[Verse 5]
[G]
sand years in chain[D]s.
Somebody said it's diff'rent [G]now,
[D]look, it's just [A]the same.
[D]Pharoahs spins the mes[A]sage,
[Bm]round and round [G]the truth.
[D]They could have saved a [A]million people,
[G]how can I tell [D]you?

[Outro 1]
[Chorus:Repeat x3]
[G][D][G][D][G][D][A][Bm][G]
[D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][A][Bm][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D][A][Bm][G][D][G][A]
[D][G][A]