Waiting For The Bus - Chumbawamba Chords
Chords: C, E, Am, Em, F, G
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Genre: punk, ska, anarcho
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[Verse 1]
C E Am
My name is Gary Tyler, Louisiana-born
C Em F G
Shadow of the poplar tree on fields all ripe with corn
F G C F
Sixteen years I counted on the rising of the sun
Am G F C
I'm just waiting for the bus to take me home
[Verse 2]
C E Am
Of all the Disunited States divided black and white
C Em F G
Louisiana taught me how to think and how to fight
F G C F
Sixty of us kids aboard the number 91
Am G F C
I'm just waiting for the bus to take me home
[Verse 3]
C E Am
Bus was barely moving we were set upon and stopped
C Em F G
Watched 200 white boys throwing bottles, cans and rocks
F G C F
Trapped and scared together there was nowhere we could run
Am G F C
I'm just waiting for the bus to take me home
[Verse 4]
C E Am
Boy outside the bus, an automatic in his hand
C Em F G
We heard a single shot and then we all just hit the ground
F G C F
I never pulled a trigger and I never held a gun
Am G F C
I'm just waiting for the bus to take me home
[Verse 5]
C E Am
White boy lay there bleeding cops they searched the bus
C Em F G
Never found a thing to say that it was one of us
F G C F
Took us down the station they were beating us for fun
Am G F C
I'm just waiting for the bus to take me home
[Verse 6]
C E Am
Gun produced from nowhere pinned the crime on me
C Em F G
A lynchmob for a jury meant they'd never set me free
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