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Wrote A Song For Everyone by Mavis Staples
Wrote A Song For Everyone
Tuning: Down a Whole Step, DGCFAD
Intro Riff:
e|-----3--3--------0---0---0-------2----------------------------------------|
B|-----3--3--------1---1---1-------3----------------------------------------|
G|-----0--0--------0---0---0-------2----------------------------------------|
D|-----0--0--------2---2---2-------0----------------------------------------|
A|-----2--2---2-2--3---3---3------------------------------------------------|
E|-----3--3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro x2
Verse 1:
G D C G
Met myself a comin'' county welfare line.
G C G D
I was feelin'' strung out, Hung out on the line.
G D Em C
Saw myself a goin'', down to war in June.
G D C G
I want, All I want is to write myself a tune.
*For the Chorus, Change From the *G* to the *C* in the same style as the Intro Riff*
CHORUS:
C G
Wrote A Song For Ev''ryone,
C G
Wrote a song for truth.
C G Em
Wrote A Song For Ev''ryone
C G
And I couldn''t even talk to you.
Intro Riff
Verse 2:
Got myself arrested, Wound me up in jail.
Richmond ''bout to blow up, Communication failed.
If you see the answer, now''s the time to say.
All I want, All I want is to get you down to pray.
CHORUS
*Guitar Solo*
Use Verse Chords
CHORUS
Saw the people standin'' thousand years in chains.
Somebody said it''s diff''rent now, look, it''s just the same.
Pharaohs spin the message, round and round the truth.
They could have saved a million people, How can I tell you?
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