American Reckoning
Bon Jovi
[Intro] | G Gsus4 | 4x [Verse 1] America’s on fire Gsus4 G Gsus4 There’s protests in the street Her conscience has been looted And her soul is under siege Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Am Asus2 Another mother’s crying Csus2 C Cmaj7 As history repeats I can’t breathe [Instrumental] | G Gsus4 | 3x [Verse 2] G Gsus4 G God damn those 8 long minutes Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Lying face down in cuffs on the ground Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 Bystanders pleaded for mercy As one Cop shoved a kid in the crowd Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Am When did a judge and a jury Csus2 C Cmaj7 Become a badge and a knee On these streets? [Chorus] Stay alive stay alive Shine a light stay alive Use your voice and you remember me G Gsus4 G Gsus4 American reckoning [Verse 3] I’ll never know what it’s like Gsus4 G Gsus4 To walk a mile in his shoes And I’ll never have to have the talk So it don’t happen to you Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Three little words written ’cross the chest Of a twelve year old who hasn’t lived life yet "Am I next? Gsus4 G Gsus4 Am I next?" [Chorus] Stay alive stay alive Shine a light stay alive Use your voice and you remember me G Gsus4 G Gsus4 American reckoning [Instrumental Break] | | | 2x | | | | G Gsus4 | 2x [Bridge] Is this a moment or movement? Gsus4 G Gsus4 Is this the tide or a flood? Is our American reckoning? Csus2 C Cmaj7 Our story written in blood C Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Or in love Or in peace [Instrumental] | G Gsus4 | 4x [Chorus] Stay alive stay alive Shine a light stay alive Use your voice and you remember me Stay alive stay alive Shine a light stay alive Use your voice and you remember me American reckoning Gsus4 G In our American reckoning