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BUILD A BRIDGE - Medicine For The People
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Tabbed by: Samuel Rede
Tuning: Standard
You can use open chords for the chorus but he used barre chords for the verses.
The barre chords are: Dm (5th fret Am shape), Fm (10th fret Am shape), A (5th fret E shape)
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
Dm Fm
Said prepare me for, for long battle
A
I am a witness hope is steel bullets
A
I drop the hatchet you won't forget this
Dm Fm
Said prepare me for, for long battle
A
I am a witness hope is steel bullets
A
I drop the hatchet you won't forget this
Dm
Said, mine eyes have seen nothing but trouble
Fm
You must make peace with them gods and the devils
A
I can be rude boy, I am not subtle
A
I tend to sneak and burst all them bubbles
Dm
We are the ones we been waiting to rumble
Fm
I torch my enemies out with a candle
A
Music is the weapon make empires crumble
A
We bring them bankers and wealthy to tremble
Dm Fm
What we know is what we're owed
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
A
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
Dm Fm
Said, what we know is what we owe
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
A
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
Dm
I rep the misfits, not society
Fm
We struggle with housing, drugs and sobriety
A
We're not from here but born here respectively
A
Immigrated cuz America raped my country
Dm
My bridge 'aint built with no white man money
Fm
I'm on Indian time you know you cannot rush me
A
I can be vicious malicious and ugly
A
A danger to darkness to better run quickly
Dm Fm
What we know is what we're owed
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
A
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
Dm Fm
Said, what we know is what we owe
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
A
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
F C
Said, I've come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
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F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
Dm
Said, life was pretty crazy I was 9 months old
Fm
Yeah, momma gave me up at 14 years old
A
Said, I don't give a shit grandmother she was so bold
A
Some of the rapist mommas body got sold
Dm
Not to say poppa didn't have a good soul
Fm
Cuz he did give me the anger I was born so cold
A
Raised white Christian in a white neighborhood
A
There was no bridges for me and my indigenous blood
Dm
I said I'm confused, identity crisis
Fm
Indigenous mastery is so timeless
A
Now I'm building bridges so that it will all make sense
A
Why I'm here with the music so passionate
Dm
Got to ride hard or die trying
Fm
Said, I am a raincloud storm white lighting
A
I am relentless stop at nothing
A
I'm el coyote bridges building
Dm
Said, I rock the one feather on me next head
Fm
Must stay humble, never be like chief headdress
A
Hang the flag upside down I'm in distress
A
Never take no title out of deepest respect
Dm
Welcome to aquarius son you’re a legend
Fm
Guardian of the gate it's gate number 7
A
I tame that beast and I ride the dragon
A
I reincarnate as a wild stallion
Dm Fm
What we know is what we're owed
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
A
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
Dm Fm
Said, what we know is what we owe
A
Can't be too careful, shoot flaming arrows
A
Hitting them wicked, burning them bridges
F C
Said, I've come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
F C
I have come to build a bridge
Dm
So come let's build
Dm
Build build build
Dm Fm
Said, my people my earth, my country, my heart
A
In service for ever, a mission to better
Dm Fm
My passion my fist, my heart open it
A
Reclaim recover, protect clean water
Fm C
Said, I've come to live in peace
Dm
So come let's live
Dm
Live live live
Fm C
Said, I've come to live in peace
Dm
So come let's live
Dm
Live live live
Fm C
Said, I've come to live in peace
Dm
So come let's live
Dm
Live live live
Fm C
Said, I've come to live in peace
Dm
So come let's live
Dm
Live live live
