Chords for The Neville Brothers - Sister Rosa - 10/31/1991 - Municipal Auditorium New Orleans (Official)

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You [G] dedicate this song here to _ _ [Gb]
the mother of civil rights and the human rights [A] movement
[G] to [F] my queen Danielle
[G] to my sister my [Am] mother
and strong women everywhere
[G] _ _ [Am] _
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She retired one day [G] after a hard day on her job [A] and all she wanted [B] was [Am] a welfare
Now I see you from the end of my [Em] eye
[Am] _
You got to get up
The white person wants that seat
[G] If [Am] you don't she said no
You got no vote
I'm going to sit right here and rest my feet
You ain't thanking Mr.
Roosevelt
You owe [F] this vote
[G] [Am] They started out freedom movement
Come on thank your sister Roosevelt
And I [G] want to sing [Am] now
Thank you Mr.
Roosevelt
You owe this vote
[G] [Am] They started out freedom movement
Thank you sister Roosevelt
[Gm] [Am] Now _ _ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] the police [Bb] came [Am] without fail
And took sister [F] Roosevelt off [C] to jail
Boy T.
Dallas [F] was a [Bb] fine
[Am] And brother Martin Luther King knew it was a lie
The people of the government [F] should not [Am] talk
It was decided all
[F] Our God's children should walk [A] with him
Separation [F] was brought to his [A] knees
And we are the freedom and equality
Thank [Dm] you Mr.
Roosevelt
[Am] You owe this vote
They started out freedom movement
Come on thank your sister Roosevelt
And I want to [Em] [A] sing now
Thank [F] you Mr.
[Am] Roosevelt
You owe this vote
They started out [F] freedom [A] movement
[Am] Thank you sister Roosevelt _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Am] _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ So we dedicate [F] this [A] song
To the people of the [F] government
[Am] _ Thank [F] you [Am] Thank you
Thank [B] _ [Am] _ _
[F] you Mr.
[Am] Roosevelt
[F] You owe this vote
[Am] They started out [F] freedom [A] movement
Thank you sister [G] Roosevelt
_ [A] _
[B] Thank you Mr.
[Am] Roosevelt
You owe this [F] vote
[Am]
They started out freedom movement
Thank you sister Roosevelt _
Thank you Mr.
Roosevelt
You owe this [G] vote
[Am] They started out freedom movement
Thank you sister Roosevelt _
[A] Thank you Mr.
Roosevelt
[Dm] You [Em] owe this vote
[A] They started out freedom movement
[Dm] Come on thank your sister Roosevelt
Well I want to
Thank you, Miss Rosa!
You are the spark [Am] that started our Freedom Movement.
Thank you, Sister Rosa for creating us.
Thank you, Miss Rosa.
You are the spark that started our Freedom [B] [Am] Movement.
Thank you, Sister Rosa [Bb] for creating [Gbm] us.
[Dm] Thank you, Miss [A] Rosa.
[Dm] You are the spark [Am] that started our Freedom Movement.
Thank you sister for the parts _
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_ _ _ Thank _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ you Fr.
Jason for helping us out _ _ _ _ _ _ _