American Reckoning chords

[INTRO]
|G Gsus4 | 4x

[VERSE 1]
[G] America's[Gsus4] on f[G]ire [Gsus4] [G]
There's protests[Gsus4] in the str[G]eet [Gsus4]
[Csus2] Her conscience has b[C]een l[Cmaj7]ooted [Csus2] [C] [Cmaj7]
And her [Csus2]soul is unde[C]r s[Cmaj7]iege
[Asus4] Another  [Am]mother's [Asus2]crying, [Asus4] [Am] [Asus2]
[Csus2] As  history r[C]epe[Cmaj7]ats
[Csus2] I can[C]'t [G] breathe[Gsus4] [G]

[INSTRUMENTAL]
|G Gsus4 | 3x

[VERSE 2]
[G] God damn those  8[Gsus4] long minu[G]tes
[Gsus4]Lying [G] face down in cuffs [Gsus4]on the gr[G]ound
[Csus2] Bystanders  pleaded  [C]for [Cmaj7] mercy [Csus2]
As [C]one[Cmaj7] ,
[Csus2]Cop  shoved a kid[C] in the [Cmaj7]crowd [Csus2] [C]
[Asus4] When did a judge [Am]and a [Asus2]jury [Asus4] [Am]
[Csus2] Become a badge [C]and a k[Cmaj7]nee
[Csus2]On th[C]ese [G]streets? [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4]

[CHORUS]
[C] Stay alive,[G] stay alive
[Am] Shine a light,[G] stay alive
[Em]Use your voice and y[G]ou remember m[C]e
American reckon[G]ing [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4]

[VERSE 3]
[G] I'll never know [Gsus4]what it's l[G]ike [Gsus4] [G]
To walk a mile[Gsus4] in his sh[G]oes [Gsus4]
[Csus2] And I'll never [C]have to [Cmaj7]have the t[Csus2]alk [C] [Cmaj7]
[Csus2] So it don't happen [C]to [Cmaj7]you [Csus2] [C]
[Asus4] Three little words wr[Am]itten '[Asus2]cross the c[Asus4]hest
Of[Am] a [Csus2]twelve year old who h[C]asn't [Cmaj7]lived life [Csus2]yet
"Am [C]I n[G]ext? [Gsus4] [G]
[Gsus4]Am I n[G]ext?"[Gsus4]

[CHORUS]
[C] Stay alive,[G] stay alive
[Am] Shine a light,[G] stay alive
[Em]Use your voice and y[G]ou remember m[C]e
American reckon[G]ing [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4]

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
|Em |C |D |D | 2x
|Am |Am |G |G |
|G Gsus4 | 2x

[BRIDGE]
[G] Is this a moment[Gsus4] or movem[G]ent? [Gsus4] [G]
Is this the tide[Gsus4] or a fl[G]ood? [Gsus4]
[Csus2] Is our Americ[C]an [Cmaj7]reckon[Csus2]ing? [C] [Cmaj7]
[Csus2] Our story written [C]in b[Cmaj7]lood
Or [C]in [Asus4]love [Am] [Asus2] [Asus4]
Or [Am]in [Csus2]peace [C] [Cmaj7] [Csus2] [C]

[INSTRUMENTAL]
|G Gsus4 | 4x

[CHORUS]
[C] Stay alive,[G] stay alive
[Am] Shine a light,[G] stay alive
[Em]Use your voice and y[G]ou remember m[C]e
[C] Stay alive,[G] stay alive
[Am] Shine a light,[G] stay alive
[Em]Use your voice and y[G]ou remember m[C]e
American reckon[G]ing [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G]
In our Ame[Gsus4]rican r[G]eckoning