Bon Jovi – American Reckoning (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
| G Gsus4 | 4x
[Verse 1]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G America's on fire Gsus4 G Gsus4 There's protests in the street Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C Cmaj7 Her conscience has been looted Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C And her soul is under siege Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Am Asus2 Another mother's crying, Csus2 C Cmaj7 As history repeats Csus2 C G Gsus4 G I can't breathe
[Instrumental]
| G Gsus4 | 3x
[Verse 2]
G Gsus4 G God damn those 8 long minutes Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Lying face down in cuffs on the ground Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 Bystanders pleaded for mercy C Cmaj7 As one, Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C Cop shoved a kid in the crowd Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Am When did a judge and a jury Csus2 C Cmaj7 Become a badge and a knee Csus2 C G Gsus4 G Gsus4 On these streets?
[Chorus]
C G Stay alive, stay alive Am G Shine a light, stay alive Em G C Use your voice and you remember me G Gsus4 G Gsus4 American reckoning
[Verse 3]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G I'll never know what it's like Gsus4 G Gsus4 To walk a mile in his shoes Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C Cmaj7 And I'll never have to have the talk Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C So it don't happen to you Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Three little words written 'cross the chest Am Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 Of a twelve year old who hasn't lived life yet C G Gsus4 G "Am I next? Gsus4 G Gsus4 Am I next?"
[Chorus]
C G Stay alive, stay alive Am G Shine a light, stay alive Em G C Use your voice and you remember me G Gsus4 G Gsus4 American reckoning
[Instrumental Break]
| Em C | D | 2x
| Am | G |
| G Gsus4 | 2x
[Bridge]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Is this a moment or movement? Gsus4 G Gsus4 Is this the tide or a flood? Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C Cmaj7 Is our American reckoning? Csus2 C Cmaj7 Our story written in blood C Asus4 Am Asus2 Asus4 Or in love Am Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C Or in peace
[Instrumental]
| G Gsus4 | 4x
[Chorus]
C G Stay alive, stay alive Am G Shine a light, stay alive Em G C Use your voice and you remember me C G Stay alive, stay alive Am G Shine a light, stay alive Em G C Use your voice and you remember me G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G American reckoning Gsus4 G In our American reckoning