Chords for Pettra - Maya Angelou
Tempo:
140 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
E
Ab
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb]
[Db] [B] [Db] [E]
[Eb] [Bbm] [Ab] [Eb]
[B] [Abm] [G] [Eb]
[E]
[Eb] [Em] [Eb] Everyone in the world is going to bed one [Abm] night or another with fear [Eb] or pain or loss.
[B] [Abm] [Eb]
[Abm]
[Eb] Everyone in the world
[Abm] is going to bed [Eb] one night or another [E] [Eb] [Ab]
[N]
[Abm] [E] with fear or pain or loss or [Eb] disappointment.
[N]
[Eb]
[N]
[Eb]
[N]
[Eb]
[C] [Eb]
Everyone [Ab] in the world is going to bed one night or [Eb]
[Abm] [Eb] [C]
[Eb]
[C] [Eb]
[E] [N] [Eb]
another with fear
[Bb] or disappointment.
[C] [Eb]
[Dbm]
[Ab]
[E]
[Ab] [Em]
[E] You may write me [Eb] down in [Ab] history as young as I've lived [E] in time.
You may trod me [Eb] in the very [Ab] dirt [G] [B] but still like [Ab] dust [Em] [E] I rise.
[Dbm]
[Eb]
[Dbm]
[Ab]
[Abm] [Bb] [Ab] [Em]
[Eb] You can shoot me with your word, you can cut me with your lies, you can kill me with your
hatefulness, but just [E] like life [N] you can shoot me with your word, you can cut me with your
lies, you can kill me with your hatefulness, [E] but just like life I rise.
You can shoot [Db] me with your [N] word, you can cut me with your lies, you can kill me with your
hatefulness, but just like life I rise.
You can shoot me with your word, [G]
you can cut me with [Cm] your lies,
[Bb] you can kill [Eb] me with your
I mean it.
But just like light.
You can shoot me with your words.
You can cut me with your lies.
You can kill me with your love.
But just like [B] light.
[C] Alright.
Does it come as a surprise?
[Gm] I [Ebm] dance.
Does it come as a surprise?
[Cm] Leaving behind nights of terror.
[N]
Does it come as a surprise?
Leaving behind nights of terror. And fear.
Does it come as a surprise?
[Ab]
[Eb] Into a daybreak miraculously clear.
[E] I [Eb] rise.
Bringing the [Dbm] gifts that [Eb] my ancestors gave.
I am the hope and the dreaming of the slave.
[Em] [Cm]
[C] [Dbm] [Gm]
[Em] [Eb]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [Eb]
[C] [Gm]
[Em] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Em] I am [Fm] the hope [B] and the dreaming.
[Em] [Eb]
I am the hope [Db] and the [B] dreaming [Eb] of the slave.
I am [Em] the [Ab] hope [Bb] of [Ebm] the [Em] slave.
[Eb] Out of the huts of history's shame I rise.
Up from a past rooted in pain I rise.
A [E] black [Dbm] ocean leaping in [Eb] me [Em] I rise.
[Eb] Up from a past rooted in [Em] pain I [Ab] rise.
[B] A black [Abm] ocean leaping [Eb] in my.
[E] [Eb] Dwelling in [B] celebrity in my bare [Eb] hand.
[C] [Eb] [Bb]
[Ab] [B] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Abm]
[Eb] [E] [Eb]
[E]
[G] [Ab]
[Eb] [B] [Eb] [E]
[Eb]
[Abm]
[Eb] [B] [Eb] [E]
[Eb]
[Abm]
[N]
[Db] [B] [Db] [E]
[Eb] [Bbm] [Ab] [Eb]
[B] [Abm] [G] [Eb]
[E]
[Eb] [Em] [Eb] Everyone in the world is going to bed one [Abm] night or another with fear [Eb] or pain or loss.
[B] [Abm] [Eb]
[Abm]
[Eb] Everyone in the world
[Abm] is going to bed [Eb] one night or another [E] [Eb] [Ab]
[N]
[Abm] [E] with fear or pain or loss or [Eb] disappointment.
[N]
[Eb]
[N]
[Eb]
[N]
[Eb]
[C] [Eb]
Everyone [Ab] in the world is going to bed one night or [Eb]
[Abm] [Eb] [C]
[Eb]
[C] [Eb]
[E] [N] [Eb]
another with fear
[Bb] or disappointment.
[C] [Eb]
[Dbm]
[Ab]
[E]
[Ab] [Em]
[E] You may write me [Eb] down in [Ab] history as young as I've lived [E] in time.
You may trod me [Eb] in the very [Ab] dirt [G] [B] but still like [Ab] dust [Em] [E] I rise.
[Dbm]
[Eb]
[Dbm]
[Ab]
[Abm] [Bb] [Ab] [Em]
[Eb] You can shoot me with your word, you can cut me with your lies, you can kill me with your
hatefulness, but just [E] like life [N] you can shoot me with your word, you can cut me with your
lies, you can kill me with your hatefulness, [E] but just like life I rise.
You can shoot [Db] me with your [N] word, you can cut me with your lies, you can kill me with your
hatefulness, but just like life I rise.
You can shoot me with your word, [G]
you can cut me with [Cm] your lies,
[Bb] you can kill [Eb] me with your
I mean it.
But just like light.
You can shoot me with your words.
You can cut me with your lies.
You can kill me with your love.
But just like [B] light.
[C] Alright.
Does it come as a surprise?
[Gm] I [Ebm] dance.
Does it come as a surprise?
[Cm] Leaving behind nights of terror.
[N]
Does it come as a surprise?
Leaving behind nights of terror. And fear.
Does it come as a surprise?
[Ab]
[Eb] Into a daybreak miraculously clear.
[E] I [Eb] rise.
Bringing the [Dbm] gifts that [Eb] my ancestors gave.
I am the hope and the dreaming of the slave.
[Em] [Cm]
[C] [Dbm] [Gm]
[Em] [Eb]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [Eb]
[C] [Gm]
[Em] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Em] I am [Fm] the hope [B] and the dreaming.
[Em] [Eb]
I am the hope [Db] and the [B] dreaming [Eb] of the slave.
I am [Em] the [Ab] hope [Bb] of [Ebm] the [Em] slave.
[Eb] Out of the huts of history's shame I rise.
Up from a past rooted in pain I rise.
A [E] black [Dbm] ocean leaping in [Eb] me [Em] I rise.
[Eb] Up from a past rooted in [Em] pain I [Ab] rise.
[B] A black [Abm] ocean leaping [Eb] in my.
[E] [Eb] Dwelling in [B] celebrity in my bare [Eb] hand.
[C] [Eb] [Bb]
[Ab] [B] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Abm]
[Eb] [E] [Eb]
[E]
[G] [Ab]
[Eb] [B] [Eb] [E]
[Eb]
[Abm]
[Eb] [B] [Eb] [E]
[Eb]
[Abm]
[N]
Key:
Eb
E
Ab
Em
B
Eb
E
Ab
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Db] _ [B] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Abm] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Em] [Eb] Everyone in the world is going to bed one [Abm] night or another with fear [Eb] or pain or loss. _
_ [B] _ _ [Abm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ Everyone in the world _ _ _
[Abm] is going to bed [Eb] one night or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
another [E] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [E] with fear or pain or loss or [Eb] disappointment.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Everyone [Ab] in the world is going to bed one night or [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ another with fear _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] or disappointment.
[C] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ You may write me [Eb] down in [Ab] history _ _ as young as I've lived [E] in time.
_ _ You may trod me [Eb] in the very [Ab] dirt [G] [B] but still like [Ab] dust [Em] _ [E] I rise.
_ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Em] _
[Eb] _ _ You can shoot me with your word, _ you can cut me with your lies, you can kill me with your
hatefulness, _ _ but just [E] like life _ [N] you _ _ can shoot me with your word, _ _ you can cut me with your
lies, _ you can kill me with your hatefulness, _ _ [E] but just like life _ I rise.
You can shoot [Db] me with your [N] word, _ _ you can cut me with your lies, _ _ you can kill me with your
hatefulness, _ _ but just like life _ I rise.
You can shoot me with your word, _ [G] _
you can cut me with [Cm] your lies, _ _ _
[Bb] you can kill [Eb] me with your
I mean it.
But just like light. _ _ _ _
You can shoot me with your words. _ _
You can cut me with your lies. _ _
You can kill me with your love. _ _
But just like [B] light.
_ [C] Alright. _
_ _ Does it come as a surprise?
_ _ [Gm] I [Ebm] dance. _ _
_ _ Does it come as a surprise? _
[Cm] Leaving behind nights of terror.
_ [N] _ _
_ _ Does it come as a surprise?
Leaving behind nights of terror. And fear.
_ _ Does it come as a surprise?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] Into a daybreak miraculously clear.
_ _ _ _ [E] I [Eb] rise.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Bringing the [Dbm] gifts that [Eb] my ancestors gave.
_ _ I am the hope _ and the dreaming of the slave. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Em] I am [Fm] the hope [B] and the dreaming. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
I am the hope [Db] and the [B] dreaming [Eb] of the slave.
_ _ _ I am [Em] the [Ab] hope _ [Bb] of [Ebm] _ the [Em] slave.
_ _ [Eb] _ Out of the huts of history's shame I rise. _ _ _
Up from a past rooted in pain I rise. _
_ A [E] black [Dbm] ocean leaping in [Eb] me [Em] I rise.
[Eb] Up from a past rooted in [Em] pain I [Ab] rise.
[B] A black [Abm] ocean leaping [Eb] in my.
[E] _ _ [Eb] Dwelling in [B] celebrity in my bare [Eb] hand.
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [B] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ [B] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Abm] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Em] [Eb] Everyone in the world is going to bed one [Abm] night or another with fear [Eb] or pain or loss. _
_ [B] _ _ [Abm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ Everyone in the world _ _ _
[Abm] is going to bed [Eb] one night or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
another [E] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [E] with fear or pain or loss or [Eb] disappointment.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Everyone [Ab] in the world is going to bed one night or [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ another with fear _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] or disappointment.
[C] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ You may write me [Eb] down in [Ab] history _ _ as young as I've lived [E] in time.
_ _ You may trod me [Eb] in the very [Ab] dirt [G] [B] but still like [Ab] dust [Em] _ [E] I rise.
_ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Em] _
[Eb] _ _ You can shoot me with your word, _ you can cut me with your lies, you can kill me with your
hatefulness, _ _ but just [E] like life _ [N] you _ _ can shoot me with your word, _ _ you can cut me with your
lies, _ you can kill me with your hatefulness, _ _ [E] but just like life _ I rise.
You can shoot [Db] me with your [N] word, _ _ you can cut me with your lies, _ _ you can kill me with your
hatefulness, _ _ but just like life _ I rise.
You can shoot me with your word, _ [G] _
you can cut me with [Cm] your lies, _ _ _
[Bb] you can kill [Eb] me with your
I mean it.
But just like light. _ _ _ _
You can shoot me with your words. _ _
You can cut me with your lies. _ _
You can kill me with your love. _ _
But just like [B] light.
_ [C] Alright. _
_ _ Does it come as a surprise?
_ _ [Gm] I [Ebm] dance. _ _
_ _ Does it come as a surprise? _
[Cm] Leaving behind nights of terror.
_ [N] _ _
_ _ Does it come as a surprise?
Leaving behind nights of terror. And fear.
_ _ Does it come as a surprise?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] Into a daybreak miraculously clear.
_ _ _ _ [E] I [Eb] rise.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Bringing the [Dbm] gifts that [Eb] my ancestors gave.
_ _ I am the hope _ and the dreaming of the slave. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Em] I am [Fm] the hope [B] and the dreaming. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
I am the hope [Db] and the [B] dreaming [Eb] of the slave.
_ _ _ I am [Em] the [Ab] hope _ [Bb] of [Ebm] _ the [Em] slave.
_ _ [Eb] _ Out of the huts of history's shame I rise. _ _ _
Up from a past rooted in pain I rise. _
_ A [E] black [Dbm] ocean leaping in [Eb] me [Em] I rise.
[Eb] Up from a past rooted in [Em] pain I [Ab] rise.
[B] A black [Abm] ocean leaping [Eb] in my.
[E] _ _ [Eb] Dwelling in [B] celebrity in my bare [Eb] hand.
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [B] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [B] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _