Strong God Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][D][G]
[C][Em][D][G]
[C]
Mayday, [G]mayday[D]

[Verse 1]
(yeah)
The Earth [G]is shaking [C](yeah)
Who gon' save [Em]the babies [D](yeah)
From another Bloody [G]Sunday?
[C]I'm singing mayday,
[G]mayday [B](ye[D]ah)
They love me or they [G]hate [C]me (yeah)
For my skin [Em]color [D](yeah)
But you say I am your [G]brother,
[C]yeah

[Verse 2]
The government keep lying to [G]me
Telling me that they gonna
set the people free
Cut the power [C]phones when you
[G]catch us on our knees
Heaven, please,
[D]we're in a state of emer[Em]gency
See [G]we need a

[Verse 3]
[C]strong [G]God, yeah
We need the [D]real [G]God, yeah
The God with the [C]re surrection
power from the [Em]grave
To take away the [D]hate,
to heal the human [G]race, yeah
[C]We need a

[Verse 4]
(we need a)
We need a [G](we need a)
We need [D]a (we need a)
We need a [Em]strong God
See [C]we need a (we need [G]a)
We need a (we need [D]a)
We need a [G](we need a)
[C]Yuh, yuh, yuh
Say mayday, [G]mayday

[Verse 5]
[D]
They [G]say the climate changin'
[Em]The poor people in the cold
[D]But you keep preachin' to they sou[G]l
But [C]we don't leave
'til everybody's [G]free[Bm]
An[D]d we won't sleep 'til everybody
[G]eats [C](yeah, yeah)
Until lives [Em]matter [D](yeah)
More than tithes [G]matter (sing!) The
[C]government [G]keep lying to me
Telling me that they gonna
set the people free
Cut the power [C]phones when you
[G]catch us on our knees
Heaven, please,
[D]we're in a state of emer[Em]gency

[Verse 6]
See we need a [C]strong [G]God,
real strong, yeah
We need the [D]real [G]God, yeah, yeah
The God with the [C]re surrection
power from the [Em]grave
To take away the [D]hate,
to heal the human [G]race

[Verse 7]
See we need [C]a (we need a)
We need a [G](we need a)
We [D]need a (we need a)
We need a [Em]strong God
See [C]we need a (we need [G]a)
We need a (we need [D]a)
We need a [G](we need a)
(Let's go) We want [Am]justice,
we want change (want change)
You want peace and no more
pain (more pain, yeah)
To be [Em]equal, to be free (yes)
Martin's dream is what I need, yeah
We [Am]want justice, we want change (yuh)
You want peace and no more pain
(no more pain)
To be [Em]equal,
to be free (we wanna be free)
Martin's dream is what I need (yeah)
Just don't preach [C]the gospel[Em]

[Verse 8]
[C]
Be the [G]gospel

[Verse 9]
My [C]country 'tis of [G]thee
Sweet [D]land of liber[Em]ty[C]
When will we finally [G]see
We need a [D]strong [G]God? Yeah

[Verse 10]
The [C]government [G]keep lying to me
Telling me that they gonna
set the people free
Cut the power phones when you [C]catch
us on our [G]knees (on our knees)
Heaven, please,
[D]we're in a state of emer[Em]gency
[C]'Cause we need a strong

[Verse 11]
God, [G]yeah
We need the [D]real [G]God
The God with the [C]resurrection power
from the [Em]grave (yes)
To take away the [D]hate (yes)
To heal the human [G]race (come on)

[Verse 12]
So need [C]a (we need a)
We need a [G](we need a)
We [D]need a (we need a)
We need [Em]a strong God
[C]See we need a (we need [G]a)
We [Bm]need a (we need [D]a)
We need a [G](we need [C]a)
[G]Mayday, mayday

[Verse 13]
[D]
(yeah, yeah)
Said mayday,
[Em]mayday [C](yeah, yeah, yeah)
Mayday, [G]mayday[D]