Red Hot Chili Peppers – Johnny Kick A Hole In The Sky (Guitar)

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[Intro] I saw a star spangled banner yet wave [Verse]
Em9                    Em
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I cry, I cry

Em9                   Em7               Em9
I was born in a land, I don't think you understand

    Em
God damn, what I am

Em7   Em9
I'm a native of this place, please don't kick me in my face

                          Em
My race has been disgraced
[Chorus]
G7
Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky

Amadd9
(Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky)

G7
Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky

Amadd9
(Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky)

D5              F5
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
[Verse]
Em9                           Em
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I wonder why, why

Em9
Put us in your pumpkin shell
Where you keep us very well
     Em
It's hell, where I dwell

     Em9
When history books are full of shit

Em7             Em9            Em
I'll become the anarchist, I'm pissed at this

Em7       Em9
What this country claims to be

                         Em
It's a lie, no place for me, I bleed
[Chorus]
G7
Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky

Amadd9
(Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky)

G7
Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky

Amadd9
(Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky)

D5              F5
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
[Verse]
Em9                           Em
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I decide to defy

Em9
Kill my trust if you must, but in my blood there is the lust

    Em
For life, that's right

    Em9                      Em7             Em9            Em
Apache blood is in my heart, thrashing through me like a shark

Em7       Em9
Crashing through the dark
[Chorus]
G7
Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky

Amadd9
(Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky)

G7
Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky

Amadd9
(Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky)

D5              F5
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
[Verse]
Em9                           Em
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I confide, confide

Em9
What am I supposed to do, I feel like I'm cut in two

    Em
Confused by rules

Em9                      Em7             Em9            Em
Do these two cultures clash or am I living in the past?

Em7       Em9
I ask, please, tell me fast
[Chorus]
G7
Won't somebody testify kick a hole right in the sky

Amadd9
(Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky)

G7
Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky

Amadd9
(Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky)

D5              F5
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
[Verse]
Em9                           Em
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I thats right

Em9
To what do I belong and if I change will I be wrong

                Em
Be wrong, thats wrong

  Em9                       Em11
I took my foot and kicked a hole in the sky

     Em
I proceeded to plead, forefathers, help me decide

  Em9
A jagged flash of light struck me in the eye

                                   Em
I turned around and found that I was still alive

Em9                       Em11
Snakes rise high from the purple black sky

    Em
The red cloud rains and the black horse rides
[Verse]
Em9
Then it dawned on me like the mornin' sun

      Em                                 Em9
I'm a part of two worlds and the mornin' comes

Em11                                Em
Glowing embers tend to remember when

Em9                         Em
The power that is peace was treated as a friend

Em9                       Em11
I am a master of adaption and I've got to take action

Em
I'm a man, the animal man