Em D Em C G C G D/F#Em D Em C G C G [Verse]Em C Em C G C G You finally found the mainstream In the middle of your lifeEm C Em C G C G You tapped into a vein Of endless gold chains Now you're locked up tightEm C Em C G C G Tearing down the middle of it Cut it right in halfEm C Em C G C G Bobbing up and down the waves like a runaway slave on a Huck Finn raft [Chorus]Em C Em Take your wife Take your familyC G C G Em And Take your gun Running through the woodsC Em C G C G And the burned out neighborhoods Looking for someoneEm C Em A member of your tribe a Place you can hideC G C G B7 Em 'Til the war has begun 'Cause in the fields before the floodContinues after the adC Em C G C G You'll be spilling blood just like a native son [Verse]Em C Em C G C G Where you gonna run to there ain't no undergroundEm C Em If only you could fly you'd cut across the skyC G C G Em C Em Like a rifle round oh, who are your peopleC G C G Em Tell me where is your homeland 'Cause they're dying side by sideC Em C G C G At the river of pride where we tried to take a stand [Chorus]Em C Em Take your wife Take your familyC G C G Em And Take your gun Running through the woodsC Em C G C G And the burned out neighborhoods Looking for someoneEm C Em A member of your tribe a Place you can hideC G C G B7 Em 'Til the war has begun 'Cause in the fields before the floodC Em C G C G You'll be spilling blood just like a native sonEm C Em Take your wife Take your familyC G C G Em And Take your gun Running through the woodsC Em C G C G And the burned out neighborhoods Looking for someoneEm C Em A member of your tribe a Place you can hideC G C G B7 Em 'Til the war has begun 'Cause in the fields before the floodC Em C G C G You'll be spilling blood just like a native sonEm In the fields before the floodC Em C G C G You'll be spilling blood just like a native son
Native Son
John Hiatt
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