[Intro] [E][F#m][A][E] first note of melody is G# of the E chord (first fret on G string)
[Verse 1] [E] Twenty-five years and my life is still [F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill Of [A] hope for a desti [E] nation I [E] realized quickly when I knew I should That the [F#m] world was made up of this brotherhood Of [A] man, for whatever that [E] means
[Pre-Chorus] And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus] And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E]
[Verse 2] And I [E] try, oh my God, do I [F#m] try I try all the [A] time, in this insti [E] tution And I [E] pray, oh my God, do I [F#m] pray I pray every single [A] day For a revo [E] lution
[Pre-Chorus] And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus] And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] HeyeYEYEYE" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh . [E] ....
[Outro] [E] Twenty-five years and my life is still [F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill of [A] hope For a destin [E] ation
BPM - 96 Intro Riff 3x000x x3x2xx-x5x4xx x3x2xx x5x4xx V - 3x0033 x55588 C - 3x0003 3x0013
[Verse] [G] Alone, l [G4] istless [G] . Break [G4] fast ta [G] ble in [G4] an othe [G] rwise e [G4] mpty room. [G] Young gi [G4] rl, vio [G] lence. [G4] Center [G] of her [G4] own att [G] ention. [G4] [G] The moth [G4] er reads aloud, chi [G] ld [G4] tries t [G] o under [G4] stand it. [G] Tries to [G4] make her proud. [G] The shad [G4] es go down. It' [Em7] s in he [Em6] r head. [Em7][Em6] Painted room. Ca [Em7] n't deny [Em6] there's someth [Em7] ing wro [Em6] ng.
[Chorus] [G] Don't ca [G4] ll me daughter. Not fit [G] to. [G4] [G] The pict [G4] ure kept will remind me [G] . [G4] [G] Don't ca [G4] ll me daughter. Not fit [G] to. [G4] [G] The pict [G4] ure kept will remind me [G] . [G4] [G] Don't ca [G4] ll me...
(Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 G G4)
[Bridge] [Em7] She hold [Em6] s the han [Em7] d that ho [Em6] lds her dow [Em7] n...... [Em6] ... [Em7] She will [Em6] rise abov [G] e. O [G4] oh... O [G] h...... [G4] ............ G G4 G G4
(G G4 G G4 G G4 G G4)
[Chorus] [G] Don't call me daughter. Not fit to. [G] The picture kept will remind me. [G] Don't call me daughter. Not fit to be. [G] The picture kept will remind me. [G] Don't call me daughter. Not fit to. [G] Don't call me daughter. Not fit to. [G] The picture kept will remind me. [G] Don't ca [G4] ll me...
The shades go down. (x2) The shades go... Go... Go...