Chords for WILL.I.AM - YES WE CAN lyrics
Tempo:
98.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
Em
C
B
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [B]
[D] [Em] [D] [C]
[G] It was a creed written [B] into the founding documents that declared [Em] the destiny of a [G] nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and [B] abolitionists as they [Em] blazed their trails toward freedom.
[G] Yes we can.
Yes we can.
It was [B] sung by immigrants as they struck [D] out to the [Em] desert shore on the pioneers who
[C] pushed westward against the [G] unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
[B]
It was the [Em] call of workers organized, women [C] reached for the [G] ballots, a president who chose
the moon as our new frontier, [B] and a king who took us to the mountain [Em] top and pointed the
[C]
[G] [Bm]
[Em] [C]
[G] [B]
[Em] [C]
[G] [B]
[Bm] [Em] way to the promised [C] land.
[G] Yes we can to justice and equality.
[B] Yes we can.
[Em] Yes [G] we can.
Yes we [C] [G] can.
Yes we can.
Yes [B]
[Em] [C]
[G] we can to [B] opportunity and [G] prosperity.
Yes [Em] we can!
[C] Yes we can!
[G] We know the battle [B] ahead will be long.
[E] And always remember that no matter [C] what obstacles [G] stand in our way,
nothing [E] can [B] stand in the way of [Em] the power of millions of [C] voices calling for change.
We want change!
[G] We want [Bm]
change!
We want [Em] change!
[C]
[Am] We have been told [C] we cannot do this [G] by a chorus of sinners.
They will only grow louder and more [Am] dissonant.
We've been asked [C] to pause for a reality check.
[G] We've been warned against [F] offering the people [C] of this nation false hope.
[Am] But in the unlikely story that is [C] left, there has never been anything false about our [G] hope.
I [B] want change.
[Em]
I [C] want change.
I want [G] change.
[B] I hope the little girl and the boys [Em] in the public school in New Delhi
[C] are the same as the [Em] dreams of boys who learn in the [G] streets of LA.
We will [E] remember that [B] there's something happening in [Em] America.
That we are not as divided as our politics suggest.
[G] That we are one people.
That we [B] are one nation.
And [Em] together we will begin the next [C] great chapter in the American [G] story
with three words that will [B] ring from coast to coast, [Em] from sea to shining sea.
[C] Yes we [G] can!
Yes we [B] [Em]
[C] [G]
can!
[B] [Em]
[C] [G]
[E] [G] [B] [Em]
[D] Yes we [Gm] can!
[A] Yes we [Em] can!
[B] [Em]
[C]
[D] [Em] [D] [C]
[G] It was a creed written [B] into the founding documents that declared [Em] the destiny of a [G] nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and [B] abolitionists as they [Em] blazed their trails toward freedom.
[G] Yes we can.
Yes we can.
It was [B] sung by immigrants as they struck [D] out to the [Em] desert shore on the pioneers who
[C] pushed westward against the [G] unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
[B]
It was the [Em] call of workers organized, women [C] reached for the [G] ballots, a president who chose
the moon as our new frontier, [B] and a king who took us to the mountain [Em] top and pointed the
[C]
[G] [Bm]
[Em] [C]
[G] [B]
[Em] [C]
[G] [B]
[Bm] [Em] way to the promised [C] land.
[G] Yes we can to justice and equality.
[B] Yes we can.
[Em] Yes [G] we can.
Yes we [C] [G] can.
Yes we can.
Yes [B]
[Em] [C]
[G] we can to [B] opportunity and [G] prosperity.
Yes [Em] we can!
[C] Yes we can!
[G] We know the battle [B] ahead will be long.
[E] And always remember that no matter [C] what obstacles [G] stand in our way,
nothing [E] can [B] stand in the way of [Em] the power of millions of [C] voices calling for change.
We want change!
[G] We want [Bm]
change!
We want [Em] change!
[C]
[Am] We have been told [C] we cannot do this [G] by a chorus of sinners.
They will only grow louder and more [Am] dissonant.
We've been asked [C] to pause for a reality check.
[G] We've been warned against [F] offering the people [C] of this nation false hope.
[Am] But in the unlikely story that is [C] left, there has never been anything false about our [G] hope.
I [B] want change.
[Em]
I [C] want change.
I want [G] change.
[B] I hope the little girl and the boys [Em] in the public school in New Delhi
[C] are the same as the [Em] dreams of boys who learn in the [G] streets of LA.
We will [E] remember that [B] there's something happening in [Em] America.
That we are not as divided as our politics suggest.
[G] That we are one people.
That we [B] are one nation.
And [Em] together we will begin the next [C] great chapter in the American [G] story
with three words that will [B] ring from coast to coast, [Em] from sea to shining sea.
[C] Yes we [G] can!
Yes we [B] [Em]
[C] [G]
can!
[B] [Em]
[C] [G]
[E] [G] [B] [Em]
[D] Yes we [Gm] can!
[A] Yes we [Em] can!
[B] [Em]
[C]
Key:
G
Em
C
B
D
G
Em
C
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
[G] It was a creed written [B] into the founding documents that declared [Em] the destiny of a [G] nation.
Yes we can.
_ It was whispered by slaves and [B] abolitionists as they [Em] blazed their trails toward freedom.
_ [G] Yes we can.
Yes we can.
_ It was [B] sung by immigrants as they struck [D] out to the [Em] desert shore on the pioneers who
[C] pushed westward against the [G] unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
[B] _
It was the [Em] call of workers organized, women [C] reached for the [G] ballots, a president who chose
the moon as our new frontier, [B] and a king who took us to the mountain [Em] top and pointed the
_ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ way to the promised [C] land.
[G] Yes we can to justice and equality.
_ _ [B] Yes we can.
[Em] Yes [G] we can.
Yes we _ [C] [G] can.
_ _ Yes we can.
Yes [B] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ we can to [B] opportunity and [G] prosperity.
Yes [Em] we can!
_ [C] Yes we can!
_ [G] We know the battle [B] ahead will be long.
_ [E] And always remember that no matter [C] what obstacles [G] stand in our way,
_ _ nothing [E] can [B] stand in the way of [Em] the power of millions of [C] voices calling for change.
We want change!
_ [G] We want _ _ [Bm] _
change!
We want [Em] change!
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] We have been told [C] we cannot do this [G] by a chorus of sinners.
They will only grow louder and more [Am] dissonant.
We've been asked [C] to pause for a reality check.
[G] We've been warned against [F] offering the people [C] of this nation false hope.
[Am] But in the unlikely story that is [C] left, there has never been anything false about our [G] hope. _
I [B] want change.
_ _ [Em] _
I _ [C] want change.
I want [G] change. _
_ [B] I hope the little girl and the boys [Em] in the public school in New Delhi
[C] are the same as the [Em] dreams of boys who learn in the [G] streets of LA.
We will [E] remember that [B] there's something happening in [Em] America.
That we are not as divided as our politics suggest.
[G] That we are one people.
That we [B] are one nation.
And [Em] together we will begin the next [C] great chapter in the American [G] story
with three words that will [B] ring from coast to coast, [Em] from sea to shining sea.
[C] Yes we [G] can!
Yes we _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ can!
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] Yes we [Gm] can!
[A] Yes we [Em] can!
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
[G] It was a creed written [B] into the founding documents that declared [Em] the destiny of a [G] nation.
Yes we can.
_ It was whispered by slaves and [B] abolitionists as they [Em] blazed their trails toward freedom.
_ [G] Yes we can.
Yes we can.
_ It was [B] sung by immigrants as they struck [D] out to the [Em] desert shore on the pioneers who
[C] pushed westward against the [G] unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
[B] _
It was the [Em] call of workers organized, women [C] reached for the [G] ballots, a president who chose
the moon as our new frontier, [B] and a king who took us to the mountain [Em] top and pointed the
_ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ way to the promised [C] land.
[G] Yes we can to justice and equality.
_ _ [B] Yes we can.
[Em] Yes [G] we can.
Yes we _ [C] [G] can.
_ _ Yes we can.
Yes [B] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ we can to [B] opportunity and [G] prosperity.
Yes [Em] we can!
_ [C] Yes we can!
_ [G] We know the battle [B] ahead will be long.
_ [E] And always remember that no matter [C] what obstacles [G] stand in our way,
_ _ nothing [E] can [B] stand in the way of [Em] the power of millions of [C] voices calling for change.
We want change!
_ [G] We want _ _ [Bm] _
change!
We want [Em] change!
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] We have been told [C] we cannot do this [G] by a chorus of sinners.
They will only grow louder and more [Am] dissonant.
We've been asked [C] to pause for a reality check.
[G] We've been warned against [F] offering the people [C] of this nation false hope.
[Am] But in the unlikely story that is [C] left, there has never been anything false about our [G] hope. _
I [B] want change.
_ _ [Em] _
I _ [C] want change.
I want [G] change. _
_ [B] I hope the little girl and the boys [Em] in the public school in New Delhi
[C] are the same as the [Em] dreams of boys who learn in the [G] streets of LA.
We will [E] remember that [B] there's something happening in [Em] America.
That we are not as divided as our politics suggest.
[G] That we are one people.
That we [B] are one nation.
And [Em] together we will begin the next [C] great chapter in the American [G] story
with three words that will [B] ring from coast to coast, [Em] from sea to shining sea.
[C] Yes we [G] can!
Yes we _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ can!
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] Yes we [Gm] can!
[A] Yes we [Em] can!
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _