Tracy Chapman - Across The Lines Acoustic Live Chords & Tabs

 

Across The Lines Acoustic Live Chords & Tabs

Tracy Chapman Chords & Tabs

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Across The Lines Acoustic Live Chords

   

Tracy Chapman

Across The Lines (Acoustic Live)


:____: ... Repeat
/ Slide

for F#m play Am on 9th fret...



intro:

:F#m(9th)  E  Bm  D/:



main part:

F#m(9th)      E         Bm           D 
   Across the lines____,   who would dare___ to go___
 
F#m(9th)            E                  Bm
under the bridge___,  over the tracks__ that separates whites__ 
D
from blacks__.

F#m(9th)        F#m(9th)
Choose________ sides______,
E                A
 or run for your life_____.
Bm           D          E     E
 Tonight the riots_____ began_______.

F#m(9th)              E        Bm                        D
 On back streets of A-merica__  they kill the dream of A-merica__.

A5   A(add9)   A   A 
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm    Litlle
F#m(9th)                  E                    Bm
black girl gets assulted, ain't no reason why. Newspaper prints the 
          D                   
story and racist tempers fly. Next 
F#m(9th)                E                          Bm
day it starts the riot, knives and guns are drawn. Two black boys get 
            D                    D  
killed, one white boy goes blind.

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F#m(9th)      E         Bm           D 
   Across the lines____,   who would dare___ to go___
 
F#m(9th)            E                  Bm
under the bridge___,  over the tracks__ that separates whites__ 
D
from blacks__.

F#m(9th)        F#m(9th)
Choose________ sides______,
E                A
 or run for your life_____.
Bm           D       E     E
 Tonight the riots began_______.

F#m(9th)              E        Bm                        D
 On back streets of A-merica__  they kill the dream of A-merica__.

A5   A(add9)   A   A 
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm    Litlle
F#m(9th)                        E             
black girl gets assulted, don't no one know her name. Lots of
Bm                     D                      D
people hurt and angry, she's the one to blame.


F#m(9th)      E         Bm           D 
   Across the lines____,   who would dare___ to go___
 
F#m(9th)            E                  Bm
under the bridge___,  over the tracks__ that separates whites__ 
D
from blacks__.

F#m(9th)        F#m(9th)
Choose________ sides______,
E                A
 or run for your life_____.
Bm           D          E     E
 Tonight the riots___ began_______.

F#m(9th)              E        Bm                        D
 On back streets of A-merica__  they kill the dream of A-merica__.


outro:

:G/A  G/A  A  A: