Chords for Mavis Staples - "My Own Eyes" (Full Album Stream)

[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ I was just a little girl _ [A] traveling with my pops,
_ _ _ [Em] thrown in jail [D] for nothing by [G] some southern racist cops.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
Reverend Martin told us [A]
what needed to be done.
_ And if [Bm] he can preach it, [D] _ we can sing it.
[G] Help to make the new day [A] come.
We [D] took the walk _ to DC. _
_ _ [A] My heart in the church.
[D] _ I prayed on my child.
_ _ [G] _ Fix that anger and hurt.
_ _ _ [Dm] It's been [D] almost 50 years.
[A] How much longer will it last?
_ _ [Bm] We need a change now more than ever.
[G] _ Why we still treated so bad [D] with my own eyes?
_ Saw [A] it with my own eyes, _ _ _ _ [Bm] with my own eyes.
[G] So I know [D] it's true. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I saw [D] New Orleans. _ _ _
_ [Am] Saw the people [A] left for dead. _
_ I've heard [Bm] every bald-faced [B]
lie _ [G] you politicians _ said.
_ _ [D] I've seen it for myself.
_ _ [Am] And you can't fool your sight.
_ Well, [Bm] we'd better make a change.
And [G] we'd better start tonight _ [D] with my own eyes.
_ _ Saw [A] it with my own eyes, _ _ my _ [Bm] own eyes.
[G] So I know [D] it's true.
_ Showed up, I do, _ with my own eyes.
_ I [G] saw it [A] with my own [D] eyes.
[A] Y'all can't fool me.
[Bm] I saw it.
I saw it.
[G] Yes, I did.
So [D] I know the truth.
_ I know the truth.
I know the [G] truth. _
I saw it.
[D] _ We saw it with my own eyes.
_ Uh-huh, uh [G]-huh.
_ [D] Mm-mm.
_ Some of the things my [G] father would tell me.
_ _ [D] _ He said, Mavis, _ _ _ _ I've seen this years ago when I was a boy.
[Bm] _ _ And I thought by now, [D] _ _ _ _ all of this
should have been taken [E] care of [Dm] long ago.
_ [D] _ _
When I was a boy, I didn't think I'd be a grown man looking
at a stick.
_ [Bm] We got to spread our word. _
_ [D] You just be strong. _ _ _
Be strong.
[E] _ _ [D] _ _
As long as you got your family, _ _ _ that's
the strongest unit in the [E] world. _ _ _
_ Together [D] with your brothers and sisters. _ _
_ _ [G] That'll keep you strong.
Can't nobody break you.
[Dm] _ _ All right, pops.
It's been [Bm] almost 50 years, though.
[E] _ _ _
How [D] much longer will it last? _ _
We [B] need to change now [Bm] more than ever. _
_ [D] Why?
_ Why? _ _
_ [Bm] Somebody tell me why we're [D] still treated so bad.
_ _ Why?
_ _ [Bm] Lord, Lord, Lord. _ _
[D] Lord, Lord, Lord. _ _ _ _
_ My own eyes.
[G] _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] My own eyes.
_ Yeah, yeah.
My [A] own eyes. _ _
Oh, _ _ [G] my eyes. _
I know it's true.
[D] _ _ _
I saw it with my own eyes.
I saw it [A] with my own eyes.
Didn't nobody tell me about it.
I [Bm] saw it.
I saw it.
[G] I saw it.
Yes, I did.
[D] _ _ And I know it's true.
_ Woo.
_ [G] _ _ [D] Yeah.
_ Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
Oh, yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ My [D] own eyes.
_ _ _ [E] _
Did you [D] see it?
_ _ Have you [Bm] been there?
_ [D] I know all about it. _ _ _
I got a book about it, y'all.
_ [Bm] Let all y'all read what I'm talking [D] about.
But in the meantime, just listen to my song.
All right? _ _ _ _
_ My own eyes.
_ I know it's [A] true. _ _ _ _
Yeah.
[G] _ My own eyes.
My own eyes.
_ [D] _ And I know it's [A]
true.
I saw it [D] with my own eyes. _ _
[A] Saw it with my own eyes. _
_ [Bm] Oh, my own [G] eyes.
My own eyes.
_ [D] Lord, I know it's true.
Saw it with my own eyes. _
Yes, it is.
_ My own eyes. _
Oh, _ my own eyes.
I know it's true.
_ _ Yes, it is.
I wouldn't tell you no lie. _ _
[G] _ _ I leave [D] that to the politicians. _
_ All right? _ _ _
Yes.
_ _ Oh, yeah. _ _
_ Thank you. _ _ _ _ _
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