{title: Across The Lines} {st: Tracy Chapman} [F#m]Across the [E]lines [Bm]Who could d[D]are to go [F#m]Under the br[E]idge Over the tra[Bm]cks That separates whi[D]tes from blacks [A]Choose sides Or [A(add9)]run for your[A]life [Bm]Tonight the [D]riots be[E]gin [F#m]On back streets of [E]America [Bm]They kill the dream of [D]America G A Little [F#m]black girl gets assaulted [E]Ain't no reason why [Bm]Newspaper prints the story And[D] racist tempers fly Next [F#m]day it start a riot [E]Knives and guns are drawn Two[Bm] black boys get killed One [D]white boy goes blind [hold] [F#m]Across the [E]lines [Bm]Who could d[D]are to go [F#m]Under the br[E]idge Over the tra[Bm]cks That separates whi[D]tes from blacks [A]Choose sides Or [A(add9)]run for your[A]life [Bm]Tonight the [D]riots be[E]gin [F#m]On back streets of [E]America [Bm]They kill the dream of [D]America G A Little[F#m] black girl gets assaulted Don't [E]no one know her name [Bm]Lots of people hurt and angry [D]She's the one to blame [hold] [F#m]Across the [E]lines [Bm]Who could d[D]are to go [F#m]Under the br[E]idge Over the tra[Bm]cks That separates whi[D]tes from blacks [A]Choose sides Or [A(add9)]run for your[A]life [Bm]Tonight the [D]riots be[E]gin [F#m]On back streets of [E]America [Bm]They kill the dream of [D]America G A G A G A
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