Tracy Chapman
Across The Lines (Acoustic Live)
:____: ... Repeat
/ Slide
for F#m play Am on 9th fret...
intro:
:(9th) /:
main part:
(9th)
Across the lines____, who would dare___ to go___
(9th)
under the bridge___, over the tracks__ that separates whites__
from blacks__.
(9th) (9th)
Choose________ sides______,
or run for your life_____.
Tonight the riots_____ began_______.
(9th)
On back streets of A-merica__ they kill the dream of A-merica__.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Litlle
(9th)
black girl gets assulted, ain't no reason why. Newspaper prints the
story and racist tempers fly. Next
(9th)
day it starts the riot, knives and guns are drawn. Two black boys get
killed, one white boy goes blind.
(9th)
Across the lines____, who would dare___ to go___
(9th)
under the bridge___, over the tracks__ that separates whites__
from blacks__.
(9th) (9th)
Choose________ sides______,
or run for your life_____.
Tonight the riots began_______.
(9th)
On back streets of A-merica__ they kill the dream of A-merica__.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Litlle
(9th)
black girl gets assulted, don't no one know her name. Lots of
people hurt and angry, she's the one to blame.
(9th)
Across the lines____, who would dare___ to go___
(9th)
under the bridge___, over the tracks__ that separates whites__
from blacks__.
(9th) (9th)
Choose________ sides______,
or run for your life_____.
Tonight the riots___ began_______.
(9th)
On back streets of A-merica__ they kill the dream of A-merica__.
outro:
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