Long Violent History Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Violin]
[G][G][G][G]

[Verse 1]
It's the [G]worst that it's been
Since the [C]last time it [G]happened
It's happening again right in front of our [D]eyes
There's [G]updated footage, [C]wild specu[G]lation
Tall tales and hearsay and [D]absolute [G]lies

[Chorus 1]
Been [C]passed off as factual,
when [G]actually the actual
Causes they're awkwardly blocking the [D]way
[G]Keeping us all from en[C]joyin' our [G]evening
Shoving its roots
through the [D]screens in our [G]face

[Verse 2]
Now, [G]what would you get
if you [C]heard my o[G]pinion
Conjecturin' on matters
that I ain't never [D]dreamed
In [G]all my born days
as a [C]white boy from [G]Hickman
Based on the way
that the [D]world's been to [G]mе?

[Chorus 2]
It's [C]called me belligеrent,
it's [G]took me for ignorant
But it ain't never once made
me scared just to [D]be
[G]Could you imagine just [C]constantly [G]worryin'
Kickin' and fightin', [D]beggin' to [G]breathe?

[Verse 3]
[G]How many boys
could they [C]haul off this [G]mountain
Shoot full of holes,
cuffed and layin' in the [D]streets
'Til we [G]come into town
in a [C]stark ravin' [G]anger
Looking for answers
and [D]armed to the [G]teeth?

[Chorus 3]
[C]Thirty-ought-sixes, [G]Papaw's old pistol
How many, you reckon,
would it be, four or [D]five?
Or would [G]that be the start
of a [C]long, violent [G]history
Of tucking our tails as we [D]try to a[G]bide?
Or would that be the start
of a [C]long, violent [G]history
Of tucking our tails as we [D]try to a[G]bide?

[Outro 1]
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[G][D][G]