Assassination Chords by Elaine Brown

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And [C#] though I heard _ _ the people say, _ what will [F#m] you give _ _ in your [C#] way? _
I saw [F#m] them turn _ and [E] listen to [A] the people cry and say, just [G#] a life _ _ is [C#] all I got in a parade _ _ _ _ _ _
of _ centuries. _
_ _ People [F#m] cried _ out and [G#] said, _ please, please, [C#m] we want freedom, _ _ _ _ [F#m] liberation, _ and just [C#m] some help in this _ [G#] civilization.
_ And though I [C#] heard _ [C#m] _ the [C#] people say, _ what will [F#m] you _ give in [C#m] your way?
_ I saw [F#m] them turn _ _ _ [E] and listen to the [A] people cry and say, just [G#] a life _ _ is [C#] all I got.
What did they do?
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_ What did they say [E] to [F#m] justify _ _ _ speaking [G#] this way?
And they [C#] just fought [C#m] _ _ [F#m] and often _ cried, and [C#m] when they turned [E] around, were shot down [G#] and died.
_ Oh, but [C#m] I heard _ _ [C#] the people say, what [E] will you [F#m] give _ _ in [C#m] your way?
_ I saw [F#m] them turn, stop, [A] and listen to the people cry and say, just [G#] a life _ _ is all [C#] I got.
_ Munchie and _ John _ _ _ _ walked through this maze.
They [C#m] touched [F#m] a million _ lives [G#] in a thousand ways, three score [C#] and ten, _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ never [F#m] knew them.
Twenty-six [C#m] and twenty-three is all there were.
[A] _ [G#] Oh, can't you see, and didn't you hear [C#m] _ _ the [C#] people say, what [F#m] will you _ _ give in [C#m] your way?
I [F#m] saw them turn [E] _ and listen to [A] the people cry and say, just a life _ [G#] _ _ [C#] is all I got. _ _ _ _ _
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