My Own Eyes Chords by Mavis Staples

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