Chords for Elaine Brown - The Meeting [Black Panther Party Anthem]

_ The Black Panther Party calls for freedom and power to determine [Bb] our destiny.
The Black Panther Party calls for full employment for all our people.
The Black Panther Party calls for an end to the capitalist exploitation of our community.
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] Yet you _ _ _ [Gb] didn't anyone _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ pass the eyes of [Bbm] my life _ _ _
_ _ _ and you nodded and [Ebm] stayed _ _ [F] without _ _ sound _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] or disgrace. _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _
Over [Ab] my _ _ brutal [Db] _ _ _ strife and _ [Ebm] defeat. _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ Hey, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] black man, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
where [Ebm] have you been? _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Where were you [Bbm] when I sought you? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
You [Db] know me as I know _ [Ebm] you.
_ That I'm _
_ [F] _ _ _ _
coming [Bb] _ [Gb] to you.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ And you [Gb] spoke in a _ voice _
_ [Ab] _ _ that was [Eb] centuries _ [Bbm] old _
_ _ and a smile _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[F] that was _ _ _ strange. _ _ _ _
[Bbm] And in school _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] you spoke about _ _ our [Db] people's plight _ _
and the [Ebm] _ feeling _
_ _ [Gb] _ familiar. _
_ [F] Hey, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
black [Bbm] man, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
where [Ebm] have you been? _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Where _ _ were you when [Bbm] I sought you? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ You
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
know [Db] me as I know _ you.
[Ebm] _ That I'm [Gb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bbm]
coming _ to _ you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bbm] _
And [Gb] you talked [Bbm] _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ about _ freedom and [Bb] peace.
[Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] [Ebm] And you told me about _ [Bbm] _ [Eb]
what [F] you _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ dreamed. _ _ _
One _ of _ [Ebm] the dreams [Gb] _ _
[Ab] long before _ _ he [Db] had _ spoken. _
[Ebm] The _ feeling _
_ [E] [Bm] familiar.
[Gb] _ _ _
_ [F] Hey, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I [Fm] said, where _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ have [Ebm] you _ been? _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
Where were you [Bbm] when I sought you? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [C]
You know me as I [Db] know _ _ you.
_ [Ebm] _
That I'm _ [F] coming _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm]
to _ you. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] I might be [Bb] in jail, I might be anywhere.
But when I leave, you're going to remember I said,
[Ebm] the last words on my lips, I [Bb] am _ a revolutionary.
[Bbm]
And you're going to have [Bb] to keep on saying that.
You're going to have to say that I am a [G] proletarian.
I am the people.
I'm not [N] the pig.
You've got to make a distinction.
And the people are going to have to attack the pig.
[Gm]
The people are going to have to stand up against the pig.
That's what