India'Song
India.Arie
- Am7
- Cadd9
- Em
- G
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Key:
Am7 Too much hypocrisy in this oldEm southern town for meAm7 Way back in 1619 began this tragicEm storyAm7 Em Thrown into slavery the crime was the colour of skinAm7 Never to see the light of theEm Cadd9 past again [Chorus:]G I wanna go where the mountains areCadd9 high enough to echo my songG Cadd9G I wanna go where the rivers runCadd9 deep enough to drown my shameG Cadd9Am7 I wanna go where the stars shineEm bright enough to show me the wayAm7 EmAm7 Em Cadd9 I wanna go where the windG Cadd9 G calls my nameCadd9G The wind is calling India IndiaCadd9 G IndiaContinues after the adIt's a typical Savannah day So I take my guitar to the park and I play Sitting up under the live oak tree The strangest feeling came over me Is this the tree where my brother was hung? Is this the ground where is body was burnt? God gave to me the gift of song so I dedicate this one [chorus]G I wanna go where the mountains areCadd9 high enough to echo my songG Cadd9G I wanna go where the rivers runCadd9 deep enough to drown my shameG Cadd9Am7 I wanna go where the stars shineEm bright enough to show me the wayAm7 EmAm7 Em Cadd9 I wanna go where the windG Cadd9 G calls my nameCadd9G The wind is calling India IndiaCadd9 G India Superiority, who have you better than me Wasting precious time on racist mentality This is only the beginning because we'll be pushing up daisies in the ending Spirit knows no colour either you're a hater or a lover [chorus]G I wanna go where the mountains areCadd9 high enough to echo my songG Cadd9G I wanna go where the rivers runCadd9 deep enough to drown my shameG Cadd9Am7 I wanna go where the stars shineEm bright enough to show me the wayAm7 EmAm7 Em Cadd9 I wanna go where the windG Cadd9 G calls my nameCadd9G The wind is calling India IndiaCadd9 G India