Running, Falling Chords by Lucky Dube

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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
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_ [A] _ I'm [G] in the [D]
subway, [A] _ it's calling [Em] out [D] your [A] name, in the middle [G] of the [D]
night.
[A] _ _ Your [G] eyes [D] go [A] wide, I see your [G] legs are [D]
shaking.
[A] You don't [G] believe [D] it's happening, [A] _ a professor [G] man [D] here.
_ _ [A] Don't tell me you're [G] scared [D] now.
[Bm] _ _ [A] It's [G] not to get [A] off your [Bm] line, _ [A] or to [G] get [A] off the kingdom.
[Bm] _ _ [A] It's [G] not to get [A] off your [Bm] line, or to [A] get [G] off the [A] kingdom.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Oppressor [D] man you're [A] running, _ [G] your kingdom is [D]
falling.
[A] _ _ _ _ [Em] [G] Oppressor man [D] you're [A] running, _ your [G] kingdom is [D] falling.
_ _ [A] _ Don't oppressor [G] man [D] you're [A] running, _ your [G] kingdom is [D] falling.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ You run [G] for [D] your [A] buns, to your [G] surprise it's [D] empty.
_ [A] _ Cause we had [G] no food left [D] for breakfast, [A] the children didn't eat.
[G] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] Yes, _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ won't [G] make me [D] cry no [A] more.
Your [G] handcuffs won't [D] hurt my [A] arms anymore.
_ [G] _ [D] It's _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [G] not to get [A] off the [Bm] line, or [A] to get [G] off the [A] kingdom.
_ [Bm] _ [A] It's not to get [G] off your _ [A]
line, [Bm] or [A] to get off [G] the kingdom.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ Oppressor [G] man [D] you're running, [A] _ [Em] your kingdom [G] is [D]
falling.
[A] _ _ _ [Em] Oppressor man [D] you're running, [A] _ your kingdom [G] is [D]
falling.
[A] _ _ Don't [G] oppressor [D]
man you're [A] running, your [G] kingdom [D] is falling.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] I _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] want to show [D] you, _ [A] _ what you did [Em] to my people.
[D] _
[A] _ Four hundred _ [G] years [D] ago, _ [A] _ _ turning them [G] to [D] slaves.
_ [A] _ _ Making them [G] your slaves.
[D] _
_ [A] _ I want [G] to show [D] you, _ [A] what you did to [Em] my people.
[D] _
_ [A] Four hundred _ [G] years [D] ago, _ [A] _ _ making [G] them your [D] slaves.
_ [A] Turning them [G] to your people.
[D] _
_ [A] You can run [Em] but you can't [D] _
[A] hide.
Cause I'm a [G] don't [D] _
_ [A] _ oppressor [G] man you're [D] running, _ [A] _ your kingdom [G] is [D] falling.
_ [A] _ _ Don't [G] oppressor man you're [D]
running, [A] _ your [Em] kingdom is falling.
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ want to _ show you, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
what _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D]
you did to my people.
[A] Four hundred years [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] ago, [A] turning them to slaves.
Making them your slaves.
Don't _ _ _ _
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[A] oppressor _ _ [G] man you're [D] running, _ [A] your kingdom is falling.
You're in [G] the _ [D]
morning
[A] _ _ Don't press [G] on my new [D] _
[A] running
_ Don't [G] kill all this [D] money
_ [A] _ Press on my young [G] [D] man
_ [A] _ You're in [G] the [D] morning
_ [A] _ _ Don't [G] press [D] on my new running
[A] _ _ Don't kill [G] all this [D]
money
[A] _ _ Don't [G] press on [D] my young [A] man's running
Don't kill [G] all this money
[D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ You're in the [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] morning
Don't press [G] on my new [D] running
_ [A] Don't kill [Em] all this [D] money
_ [A] _ Don't _ [G] press on my new running
[D] Don't [A] _ _ _ [G] kill all this [D] money
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] Don't press on my new [D] running
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