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Shots Fired by Matt Pless
Shots Fired
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
[Intro]
Am G Am x2
[Verse 1]
Am
Jamal called Denise said he''''d be home late
G
Earning money on the side to put food on their plate
F
Only trying to provide but it sealed his fate
E
Selling bootleg tapes by the subway train
Am
When the cops came through in an hour or two
G
They unloaded hot lead through his valid excuse
F
Proving black and blue can mean more than a bruise
E Am
Now there''''s one less seat at a table for two
[Pre-Chorus]
F Am
The officers stood trial
E Am G
Crippled justice let them walk
F Am
They''''ll hide behind a badge
E
That let''''s them live above the law
[Chorus]
Am Dm
And it''''s shots fired in the city streets
Am Dm
Across the color line
E
Shots fired through concealment
Am G Am
Of the power structures crimes
Am Dm
Shots fired at the courthouse
Am Dm
Where corruption wears the crown
E
Shots fired when the crooked gavel
Am G Am
Comes a crashing down
[Interlude]
Am G Am x2
[Verse 2]
Am
Billy''''s father raised him tough told him \\"be a man\\"
G
With a Bible and a rifle for aluminum cans
F
Sent him off to fight a war came back lost in his head
E
With a vengeance toward the system that he fought to defend
Am
Brought a semi automatic to a southern church
G
Now the congregations leaving in the back of a hearse
F
Then he took his own life cause the truth can hurt
E Am
When you trust in God and your country first
[Pre-Chorus]
F Am
A casualty of liberty
E Am G
With landmine mental health
F Am
He\\"s daddy''''s little hero
E
But he couldn''''t save himself
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Cause it''''s shots fired on the battlefield
Am Dm
What are we fighting for?
E
Shots fired through the smiles
Am G Am
Of the profiteers of war
Am Dm
Shots fired in the classrooms
Am Dm
By the twisted poisoned mind
E
Shots fired for the answers
Am G Am
That we seek but cease to find
[Interlude]
Am G Am x2
[Verse 3]
Am
When Omar''''s face flashed on the TV screen
G
For a massacre, the likes of which we''''d never seen
F
Some reporters called him crazy others blamed his beliefs
E
His religion or conflicting sexuality
Am
But it doesn''''t really matter when push comes to shove
G
Cause he aimed a loaded weapon at a Florida club
F
Taking 49 lives hated how they loved
E Am
Left a shadow on a rainbow drenched in blood
[Pre-Chorus]
F Am
The politics of ignorance
E Am G
Will lie and generalize
F Am
It spreads the thread of prejudice
E
To widen the divide
[Chorus]
Am Dm
So it''''s shots fired at extremists
Am Dm
And their blatant bigotry
E
Shots fired for communities
Am G Am
In fear of the police
Am Dm
Shots fired at the government''''s
Am Dm
Who orchestrate the fight
E
Shots fire on the left
Am G Am
And then shots fire on the right
[Interlude]
Am G Am x2
[Verse 4]
Am
Hear the thunder as it echoes all across the land
G
From the fire arms the trigger happy hold in their hands
F
Some will call it patriotic others want them banned
E
And attempt to put the genie back inside the lamp
Am
It''''s a matter of opinion if it''''s wrong or right
G
It depends, cause'''' they can end or they can save a life
F
Its the edges of perspective where our views collide
E Am
Or the center of the target where we compromise
[Pre-Chorus]
F Am
So think it through, this much is true
E Am G
Whatever you decide
F Am
You''''re bound to find a paradox
E
In every paradigm
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Shots fired throughout history
Am Dm
A chapter in decline
E
Shots fired at the barricades
Am G Am
That block the changing times
Am Dm
Shots fired for the victims
Am Dm
Sweating bullets on the run
E
Shots fired cause were looking down
Am G Am
The barrel of a gun
[Outro]
Am G Am x2
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