G
America's on fire

There's protests in the street
C9
Her conscience has been looted

And her soul is under siege
Am                      C9
Another mother's crying, as history repeats
             G
I can't breathe

G
God damn those 8 long minutes

Lying face down in cuffs on the ground
C9
Bystanders  pleaded  for  mercy

As one, cop shoved a kid  in the crowd
Am
When did a judge and a jury
C9                                      G
Become a badge and a knee on these streets?

C9          G
Stay alive, stay alive
Am             G
Shine a light, stay alive
Em7                G            C9
Use your voice and you remember me
               G
American reckoning

G
I'll never know what it's like

To walk a mile in his shoes
C9
And I'll never have to have the talk

So it don't happen to you
Am
Three little words written 'cross the chest
C9
Of a twelve year old who hasn't lived life yet
G
Am I next? Am I next?

C9          G
Stay alive, stay alive
Am             G
Shine a light, stay alive
Em7                G            C9
Use your voice and you remember me
               G
American reckoning

[Solo] Em7  C  D
       Em7  C  D
       Am  C9  G

G
Is this a moment or movement?

Is this the tide or a flood?
C9
Is our American reckoning?

Our story written in blood
       Am
Or in love
        C9
Or in peace

C9          G
Stay alive, stay alive
Am             G
Shine a light, stay alive
Em7                G            C9
Use your voice and you remember me
               G
American reckoning

C9          G
Stay alive, stay alive
Am             G
Shine a light, stay alive
Em7                G            C9
Use your voice and you remember me
               G
American reckoning

In our American reckoning