Misc Originals – Aidan Hefner - No Common Ground (Guitar)

C
Written on a plaque by the courthouse square

       Am
a granite soldier stands, under his monument there

F
“No braver bled for brighter land,” That's what it states

G
The town can’t escape, its massive weight

C
Some say its heritage, oh well okay

Am
I never thought heritage would cause so much hate

F
A curse on the town and that's for sure

G
I can’t let it keep standing anymore

     C
Terror Ideology

     F
How do you compromise

    G
With supremacy

C
You call for removal and people outcry

Am
It's the town's history boy, don't you know why?

F
They say it stands for states’ rights

G
A nation of pride and for only the white

C
I wanna rip the damn thing out

Am
It's a statue of hate, there is no common ground

F
Why is it impossible to agree?

G                               G7
On what makes the South and its history?

C
My father says its heritage

E7
And taking down statues is ridiculous

Am7
How can i believe in that identity

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When our family descends from german immigrants

C
Why do we have to hold onto it?

E7
Can't we build something new and earnest yet?

Am7
I just wanna be who I wanna be

F                          G
have southern pride without this toxic side

C
Oh god what could I even do

E7
How could we begin to amend?

Am7
When there's nothing else that can be done

F                          G
Until we educate racist and ignorant scum

C
God damn a lost cause to hell

E7
Cast supremacy aside

Am7
We can tear it down to pieces

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Melt these statues in cyanide