Chords for Culture - I Tried

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_ [D] _ _ _ _ I [G] tried and I tried, [Dm] and I tried, and I [Am] tried to make them [Dm] _ understand.
_ [Bb] I tried and I tried, [F] and I tried, and I tried for [C] they just can't _ [Dm] _ _ understand.
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tried and I [Dm] tried, and the Lord, no I [C] tried to make them _ [F] understand.
_ _ [Gm] I tried, [F] I tried, and I tried, Lord [C] they just can't [Dm] understand.
_ _ _ The more victimization is upon their [E] back, the more foolish they [D] becomes.
_ The [G] more victimization is upon their back, they satisfy [Dm] Lord for less.
_ [Gm] I tried, _ [F] I know I tried, but they [C] just can't [Dm] understand.
_ _ [Gm] I tried and I tried [F] and I tried and I tried, but they [Am] just can't [Dm] understand.
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[Am] Oh God people, [Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] when will they ever [Dm] learn? _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ This _ _ [Gm] one time they're fooled, that one time they're fooled, so what are they [F] waiting for? _ _
Fix up yourself and prepare to meet ya, that will [G] satisfy Lord [Dm] for more. _ _
[G] _ [Gm] I tried, _ [F] I know I tried, [Am] but they just can't _ [Dm] understand. _ _
[G] I tried and I [F] tried and I tried and I tried, but [Am] they just can't _ [Dm] understand.
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Father died in pain, mother [Dm] died in pain, [Am] [C] slavery _ [Dm] continued.
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They say we have [Dm] no right nowhere, [Am] in no corner [Dm] of the world.
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And I tried [Dm] to make them know this, but they [Am] just can't [Dm] understand.
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I tried and I tried [Dm] and I tried to make them know, [C] but they just can't [Dm] understand. _ _ _
[Gm] 24 hours [Dm] make one day, they told [Am] us, 7 days [Dm] make a week. _
[Gm] And out of all of the [Dm] _ _ 365, they [Am] can only name you [Dm] 7 days.
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I tried, [F] I tried and I tried, [C] but they just can't [Dm] understand.
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I tried and I tried and [Dm] I tried and I tried, but [C] they just can't [F] understand. _ _ _
[Gm] We beat ya all night, [Dm] we beat ya all day, [C] _ _ [Dm] but there's no eat. _
[Gm] Church bell a-ring [Dm] and the children a-sing, [C] and they'll still satisfy [Dm] Lord for less. _ _
[Bb] I tried [F] and I tried, [Am] but they just can't [Dm] _ understand.
I [G] tried and I tried [F] and I tried and I tried, [Am] but they still [C] can't _ [Dm] understand.
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_ Son [Dm] is waiting and condemns [C] himself for his sins, [Dm] you know.
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Father in the field [Dm] can't find nothing, [C] and mother no, no [Dm] money.
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I tried, [F] I tried and I tried, [Am] but they just can't [Dm] understand.
_ _ [Gm] I tried and I [Dm] tried and I tried and I tried, [C] but they just can't [Dm] understand.
_ _ [Gm] My daddy was sure, [Dm] my mommy was poor, [C] _
but they [Dm] ain't got no money.
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Still [Dm] nobody on our need to [Am] be loved.
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