Citizen Ship Chords by Patti Smith Group
Tempo:
144.1 bpm
Chords used:
Em
B
Am
D
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[Am] [B]
I was nothing.
didn't matter to me.
[B] There were [D] tanks all over [Em] my [D] face.
[E] There [D] was war outside the windows and [Em] children in the streets.
tanks at riot police.
got a [Am] passport.
got [Em] my real name.
I was nothing.
didn't matter to me.
[B] There were [D] tanks all over [Em] my [D] face.
[E] There [D] was war outside the windows and [Em] children in the streets.
tanks at riot police.
got a [Am] passport.
got [Em] my real name.
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Em
B
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_ _ _ [Am] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was nothing.
_ _ It didn't matter to me.
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
[B] There were [D] tanks all over [Em] my _ _ _ [D] face.
_ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ There [D] was war outside the windows and [Em] children in the streets.
They were throwing rocks and tanks at riot police.
_ _ [E] _ They ain't got a [Am] passport.
_ _ [C] _ They ain't got [Em] my real name. _ _ _
They ain't got a [Am] chance for
[C] _
and fortune or [Em] _ _ fame. _
There were white [Am] kids in the [C] streets.
Won't you give [Em] me a lift? _
_ A [Am] lift, a [C] lift
on your [Em] citizenship. _ _
_ _ They were [Am] rioting in Chicago,
[C] _ _ moving in L [Em].A.
_ _ _ In 68 [Am] they broke the Yardbirds.
[C] We were broke as [E]
well.
Two years _ underground,
[Am] _
empty bottomed, [C] _ a big into [E]
our
_ _ _ _ wall, _
[Am] the _ [C] wall.
Show your papers, boy.
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ Citizenship, they got [Em] _ _ [A] memories.
They ain't the [B] slaves, they got [E] _ shades.
_ Extra drift [Em] from the citizenship.
_ [Am] Lifelong denied _ exile.
This _ [B] _ [Bm] castaway.
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
Blind alley, New [Am] York City.
[C] _
In a foreign [Em] embrace. _ _ _
If you're hungry, [Am] you
not too [C] particular about what [E] you'll taste. _ _
[Em] Men in _ [Am] uniform,
gave me [C] vinegar, spoon of misery.
[E] _ _ _ _
[Em] But what the [Am] hell,
I fell, I fell.
[C] It doesn't matter [Em] to me. _
_ [D] _ [A] Citizenship, we got [Em] memories. _ _
[A] _ _ [B] Citizenship, we [E] got pain. _ _
_ Cast a drift from [Em] the
citizenship, [Am] lifeline _ denied. _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] I was [Am] caught
like a [C] moth
with its wings out [Em] of its _ skin.
_ Caught [Am] aboard, overboard.
_ [C] _ Just a [Em] refugee. _ _
_ _ Lady [Am] Liberty, lend a hand to [C] me.
I'm in [E] capital _ drift.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ I [C] drift, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I drift,
I [D] drift from the citizenship.
They got [Em] memories.
_ _ _ Citizenship, [E] we got pain.
_ [D] Of [C] your grip [E] on the citizenship.
[D] Your faith, your faith [E] to wait. _
[D] On the [C] citizenship, you [Em] got memories. _
[D] What is the [B] name, you [Em] got a name. _
[D] Let it come [Am] to you, you got [Em] identity. _
_ [Am] _ A name, a name,
[B] _ a [Bm] name, [B] name, _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] name, [B] name,
_ _ _ _ _ name, _ _ _ name.
Yeah. _ _
What's your name, son?
_ _ What's your name?
What's [A] _ [G] your name?
[B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
You _ _ [A] _ [G] need [B] time to fall.
[A] _ _ [G] Give [B] me your
your _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ [B] war torn on your tendencies.
_ [G] _ [B] Give me your war torn on [Am] your soul.
[G] _ _ [B] _
Give me your pure
go _ _ after me.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ Mythology.
[Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was nothing.
_ _ It didn't matter to me.
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
[B] There were [D] tanks all over [Em] my _ _ _ [D] face.
_ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ There [D] was war outside the windows and [Em] children in the streets.
They were throwing rocks and tanks at riot police.
_ _ [E] _ They ain't got a [Am] passport.
_ _ [C] _ They ain't got [Em] my real name. _ _ _
They ain't got a [Am] chance for
[C] _
and fortune or [Em] _ _ fame. _
There were white [Am] kids in the [C] streets.
Won't you give [Em] me a lift? _
_ A [Am] lift, a [C] lift
on your [Em] citizenship. _ _
_ _ They were [Am] rioting in Chicago,
[C] _ _ moving in L [Em].A.
_ _ _ In 68 [Am] they broke the Yardbirds.
[C] We were broke as [E]
well.
Two years _ underground,
[Am] _
empty bottomed, [C] _ a big into [E]
our
_ _ _ _ wall, _
[Am] the _ [C] wall.
Show your papers, boy.
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ Citizenship, they got [Em] _ _ [A] memories.
They ain't the [B] slaves, they got [E] _ shades.
_ Extra drift [Em] from the citizenship.
_ [Am] Lifelong denied _ exile.
This _ [B] _ [Bm] castaway.
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
Blind alley, New [Am] York City.
[C] _
In a foreign [Em] embrace. _ _ _
If you're hungry, [Am] you
not too [C] particular about what [E] you'll taste. _ _
[Em] Men in _ [Am] uniform,
gave me [C] vinegar, spoon of misery.
[E] _ _ _ _
[Em] But what the [Am] hell,
I fell, I fell.
[C] It doesn't matter [Em] to me. _
_ [D] _ [A] Citizenship, we got [Em] memories. _ _
[A] _ _ [B] Citizenship, we [E] got pain. _ _
_ Cast a drift from [Em] the
citizenship, [Am] lifeline _ denied. _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] I was [Am] caught
like a [C] moth
with its wings out [Em] of its _ skin.
_ Caught [Am] aboard, overboard.
_ [C] _ Just a [Em] refugee. _ _
_ _ Lady [Am] Liberty, lend a hand to [C] me.
I'm in [E] capital _ drift.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ I [C] drift, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I drift,
I [D] drift from the citizenship.
They got [Em] memories.
_ _ _ Citizenship, [E] we got pain.
_ [D] Of [C] your grip [E] on the citizenship.
[D] Your faith, your faith [E] to wait. _
[D] On the [C] citizenship, you [Em] got memories. _
[D] What is the [B] name, you [Em] got a name. _
[D] Let it come [Am] to you, you got [Em] identity. _
_ [Am] _ A name, a name,
[B] _ a [Bm] name, [B] name, _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] name, [B] name,
_ _ _ _ _ name, _ _ _ name.
Yeah. _ _
What's your name, son?
_ _ What's your name?
What's [A] _ [G] your name?
[B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
You _ _ [A] _ [G] need [B] time to fall.
[A] _ _ [G] Give [B] me your
your _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ [B] war torn on your tendencies.
_ [G] _ [B] Give me your war torn on [Am] your soul.
[G] _ _ [B] _
Give me your pure
go _ _ after me.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ Mythology.
[Bm] _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _