| F#m |
[Verse 1]
F#mDA
Like a shot without a warning
EF#mDAE
Lies a life that's left behind
F#mDA
And though I try, it's something I just can't unsee
EF#mDA
It's burned into my mind
EF#mDA
And I wake up in the morning
EF#mDAE
News keeps flashing on my eyes
F#mD
These dying streets are bruised and beaten
AE
And riot flags are waving
F#mD
Poor and weak, we extend this streak
AE
These lives we could be saving
D
Life is cheap I sit and weep
Bm
'Cause there's just no mistaking
[Chorus]
C#m
Oh, this is not utopia
F#mDAE
The roots, the roots, the roots of America
F#mDAE
Are the roots, the roots, the roots of hysteria
F#mDAEF#m
The roots, the roots, the rules don't matter anymorе
E
This is not utopia
F#mDAE
The roots, the roots, the roots of America
F#mDAE
Are the roots, the roots, the roots of hysteria
F#mDAEF#m
And you, and you, and you don't matter anymore
[Verse 2]
F#mDA
The better angels of our nature
EF#mDAE
Well, they've gone away to hide
F#mD
Brutality I can't unsee
AEF#mDA
These pictures are just burned into my mind
EF#mDA
It's commotion in slow motion
EF#mDAE
It's humanity denied
F#mD
A violent race, punch in the face
AEF#mDAE
With all this hate how can we all survive?
[Pre-Chorus]
D
And if a change is coming
E
What makes it take so long?
D
And if a change is coming
C#mE
Why sing the same old song?
[Chorus]
E
This is not utopia
F#mDAE
The roots, the roots, the roots of America
F#mDAE
Are the roots, the roots, the roots of hysteria
F#mDAEF#m
The roots, the roots, the rules don't matter anymorе
F#m
This is not utopia
F#mDAE
The roots, the roots, the roots of America
F#mDAE
Are the roots, the roots, the roots of hysteria
F#mDAEF#m
And you, and you, and you don't matter anymore
[Post-Chorus]
F#m
This is not utopia
F#mDAE
The roots, the roots, the roots of America
F#mDAE
Are the roots, the roots, the roots of hysteria
F#mDAEF#m
And you, and you, and you don't matter anymore
F#m
This is not utopia
[Outro]
DE
So how long must we wait?
DE
Until love conquers hate?
D
And heal these hearts
C#mEF#m
'Cause it all starts right here