In The Blood Chords by Robbie Robertson
Tempo:
83.425 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
G
E
Em
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
The reason that I went away from the whole native [G] background was because I thought nobody
out there gets it.
Nobody cares and nobody gets it.
[E] [C#m] [E] I was definitely affected by, [Bm] listen, you need to pretend this Indian thing doesn't exist.
That's the way to get ahead in this world.
Schools taught it, parents taught it.
That was their generation.
You have to [F#] shed the [Bm] skin and just go on like, Indian?
What Indian?
I can't [G] let go of the queen [Bm] of guns.
I can't [G] let go of the woman [Bm] of women.
I can't [G] let go [Em] of the feeling [Bm] I have.
It's in [G] the blood.
I [Bm] can't let go.
It's [G] in the blood.
[Bm]
It's [G] in the blood.
[Em] I can't [Bm] let go.
[Em] [G] I am so caught up [E] in trying [N] to do right by the [Bm] whole experience from my childhood.
[B] I just don't take this project and it's like another record or something and how's it [E] doing
on the charts, baby.
It isn't that way.
What we need to do is make a noise.
We need to make a noise just to make these voices heard.
I can't let go of my [A] hand.
[Bm] These voices that have been kind of circling in the [N] air for
out there gets it.
Nobody cares and nobody gets it.
[E] [C#m] [E] I was definitely affected by, [Bm] listen, you need to pretend this Indian thing doesn't exist.
That's the way to get ahead in this world.
Schools taught it, parents taught it.
That was their generation.
You have to [F#] shed the [Bm] skin and just go on like, Indian?
What Indian?
I can't [G] let go of the queen [Bm] of guns.
I can't [G] let go of the woman [Bm] of women.
I can't [G] let go [Em] of the feeling [Bm] I have.
It's in [G] the blood.
I [Bm] can't let go.
It's [G] in the blood.
[Bm]
It's [G] in the blood.
[Em] I can't [Bm] let go.
[Em] [G] I am so caught up [E] in trying [N] to do right by the [Bm] whole experience from my childhood.
[B] I just don't take this project and it's like another record or something and how's it [E] doing
on the charts, baby.
It isn't that way.
What we need to do is make a noise.
We need to make a noise just to make these voices heard.
I can't let go of my [A] hand.
[Bm] These voices that have been kind of circling in the [N] air for
Key:
Bm
G
E
Em
C#m
Bm
G
E
The reason that I went away from the whole native [G] background was because I thought nobody
out there gets it.
Nobody cares and nobody gets it.
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] I was definitely affected by, [Bm] listen, you need to pretend this Indian thing doesn't exist.
That's the way to get ahead in this world.
Schools taught it, parents taught it.
That was their generation.
You have to [F#] shed the [Bm] skin and just go on like, Indian?
What Indian?
I can't [G] let go of the queen [Bm] of guns. _
I can't [G] let go of the woman [Bm] of women. _
I can't [G] let go [Em] of the feeling [Bm] I have.
It's in [G] the blood.
_ I [Bm] can't let go.
It's [G] in the blood.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
It's [G] in the blood.
_ [Em] I can't [Bm] let go. _
_ [Em] _ [G] I am so caught up [E] in trying [N] to do right by the [Bm] whole experience from my childhood.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ I just don't take this project and it's like another record or something and how's it [E] doing
on the charts, baby.
It isn't that way.
What we need to do is make a noise.
We need to make a noise just to make these voices heard.
_ I can't let go _ _ _ of my [A] hand. _
[Bm] _ These voices that have been kind of circling in the [N] air for
out there gets it.
Nobody cares and nobody gets it.
_ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] I was definitely affected by, [Bm] listen, you need to pretend this Indian thing doesn't exist.
That's the way to get ahead in this world.
Schools taught it, parents taught it.
That was their generation.
You have to [F#] shed the [Bm] skin and just go on like, Indian?
What Indian?
I can't [G] let go of the queen [Bm] of guns. _
I can't [G] let go of the woman [Bm] of women. _
I can't [G] let go [Em] of the feeling [Bm] I have.
It's in [G] the blood.
_ I [Bm] can't let go.
It's [G] in the blood.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
It's [G] in the blood.
_ [Em] I can't [Bm] let go. _
_ [Em] _ [G] I am so caught up [E] in trying [N] to do right by the [Bm] whole experience from my childhood.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ I just don't take this project and it's like another record or something and how's it [E] doing
on the charts, baby.
It isn't that way.
What we need to do is make a noise.
We need to make a noise just to make these voices heard.
_ I can't let go _ _ _ of my [A] hand. _
[Bm] _ These voices that have been kind of circling in the [N] air for