Open Letter

Living Colour

  • Bb
  • Eb
    3
  • F
  • G#
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Key:
Tuning: Standard Transcribed by Soch Hean
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Chorus:
Bb F Now you can tear a building down
Eb G# But you can't erase a memory
Bb F These houses may look all run down
Eb G# But they have a value you can't see Verse:
F This is my neighborhood
F This is where I come from
F I call this place my home
F You call this place a slum
F You wanna run all the people out
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F This what you're all about
F Treat poor people just like trash
F Turn around and make big cash Chorus:
Bb F Now you can tear a building down
Eb G# But you can't erase a memory
Bb F These houses may look all run down
Eb G# But they have a value you can't see Verse 2:
F Last month there was a fire
F I saw seven children die
F You sent flowers to their family
F But your sympathy's a lie
F Cause every building that you burn
F Is more blood money that you earn
F We are forced to relocate
F From the pain that you create [Chorus] [Verse 3] (Same as verses) [Chorus] You've got to fight You've got a right To fight for your neighborhood!
Song details

Composition: Vernon Reid

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