The Ballad of Trayvon Martin Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Trayvon Martin was a young black [C]kid[G]
[D]Doing the same things that
we all [C]did[G][F][D]
Outside walking down the streets alone
Just [C]talking to [G]a girl on the telephone
[D]Minding his business,
not doing nothing [C]wrong[G][Dm]
[D]But then George Zimmerman
had to come [C]along[G]
[D]Self -appointed wannabe policeman
With a [C]9 -1 -1 c[G]all
and a pistol in [D]his hand
Oh, chariot swing low
[G]Come to take an[A]other young [F]an gel home
[D]Underneath that February moon
An[G]other young [A]brother gonna
[G]wait too [D]soon[C][G][F]
[D]George tells the cops
the kid's [C]on drugs[G]
[F]But[D] what he really wants to say
is black kids are thugs
[C]The[G] di[F]spa[D]tcher says
not to make no stand
But he's [C]going to take [G]matters
into [F]his own hand[D]s
Trayvon tells the girl that there's
[C]some guy[G][F]
[D]That's following him around
and he don't [C]know why[G][F]
[D]She says to hang up the
phone and run
But the [C]next thing you [G]hear
is the ringing of a [D]gun
Neighbors call the cops
cause they hear [C]screams[G]
[D]Another black child
that never gets out of [C]his teens[G]
[D]Zimbabwe claims that it was
self -defense
So po[C]lice chief [G]Lee
just ig[D]nored the evidence
Oh, chariot swing low
[G]Come to take an[A]other young [G]an gel home
[D]Underneath that February moon
An[G]other young [A]brother born [D]way too
[C]soon[G][F][D][C][G]
[F][D][G][D][C][G]
[D]So Zimmerman goes free and
the country [C]cries[G]
[D]Cause we're still shackled
by the hatred and [C]the lies[G][F]
[D]Now we gotta stick together
to see justice done
[C]March out of the darkness to the rising sun
[D]Oh, chariot swing low
[G]Come to take an[A]other young [F]an gel home
[D]Underneath that February moon
An[G]other young [A]brother
gonna [D]wake too soon
Oh, chariot swing low
[G]Come to take an[A]other young [F]an gel home
[D]Underneath that February moon
An[G]other young [A]brother
gonna [F]wake too [D]soon
[C]Oh [G]yeah, [F]oh [D]yeah
Oh yeah, [C]oh yeah, [G]oh[D]