American Reckoning - Bon Jovi Chords
Chords: G, Gsus4, Csus2, C, Cmaj7, Asus4, Am, Asus2, As, Em
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Genre: hard rock, rock, classic rock
[Intro]
| G Gsus4 | 4x
[Verse 1]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
America's on fire
Gsus4 G Gsus4
There's protests in the street
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C Cmaj7
Her conscience has been looted
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C
And her soul is under siege
Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Am Asus2
Another mother's crying,
Csus2 C Cmaj7
As history repeats
Csus2 C G Gsus4 G
I can't breathe
[Instrumental]
| G Gsus4 | 3x
[Verse 2]
G Gsus4 G
God damn those 8 long minutes
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Lying face down in cuffs on the ground
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2
Bystanders pleaded for mercy
C Cmaj7
As one,
Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C
Cop shoved a kid in the crowd
Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Am
When did a judge and a jury
Csus2 C Cmaj7
Become a badge and a knee
Csus2 C G Gsus4 G Gsus4
On these streets?
[Chorus]
C G
Stay alive, stay alive
Am G
Shine a light, stay alive
Em G C
Use your voice and you remember me
G Gsus4 G Gsus4
American reckoning
[Verse 3]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
I'll never know what it's like
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