Bm            D    A                 Bm D A
Wouldn't it be convenient if he just rests in peace?
          Bm            D         A              Bm          D      A
I saw his cousin crying wondering how you call the cops on the police
       Bm                D  A      Bm               D    A
With a bootprint on your shoulder, face down on the street
        Bm                  D      A
Another precinct that's been rotted out
        Bm              D       A
Another song of "I can't breathe"


[Bridge]

        Bm      D A
"I can't breathe"
                 Bm
He said "I can't breathe"


[Verse 2]

          Bm           D    A
Oh what a privilege to hide behind a screen
     Bm               D       A          Bm              D  A
Like biteless barking dogs we yelp on an ever-tightening leash
        Bm        D  A           Bm              D  A
Another public execution under a greedy would be king
        Bm               D A             Bm            D    A
Another desperate bloody anthem a crying family has to sing


[Bridge]

        Bm      D A
"I can't breathe"
                 Bm
He said "I can't breathe"


[Chorus]
            G                        D
I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams
                       D/C#                   Bm
I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine
           G                       D
I hope you soak into the wick like kerosene
                A
I hope it burns clean
A
How long will there be this song of "I can't breathe"?


[Bridge]

        Bm      D A
"I can't breathe"
        Bm      D A
"I can't breathe"
        Bm      D A
"I can't breathe"
                 Bm      D A
He said "I can't breathe"
         Bm
"I can't breathe"


[Verse 3]

          Bm           D            A             Bm D A
Oh what a privilege to pretend that we can't see
    Bm                   D          A                Bm            D    A
The chain, the whip, the badge, the gun, and now the ever-pressing knee
            Bm       D       A
The knee we hired to protect us
         Bm              D     A
The same knee he used to pray
              Bm                    D    A         Bm            D   A
The knee that bares the bruise from being used to choke his life away


[Bridge]

                 Bm      D A
He said "I can't breathe"
                 Bm
"Mama I can't breathe"


[Chorus]

            G                        D
I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams
                       D/C#                Bm
I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine
           G                       D
I hope you soak into the wick like kerosene
                A
I hope it burns clean
            G                        D
I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams
                       D/C#                Bm
I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine
                       G                              D
When they say "make it great again" is this what they mean?
                 A
Then let it burn clean
A                                            Bm         D A
How long will there be this song of "I can't breathe"?
              Bm  D A
"Mama I can't breathe"
  Bm
I can't