Chords for Michael Franti with Victoria Canal performing "Flower in the Gun" live on Lightning 100

_ I'll let you I'll let you introduce it Victoria.
Okay, so when I met Michael we really bonded over
The the fact that we had both grown up being the different kid at school
he was the the tall brown kid in an all-white school, and I was the kid with one arm and
So since this is radio, I guess yeah, nobody can see me, so I was born without part of my right arm and
[Abm] That's you know we both had really good parents who taught us to
to channel [N] our energy in positive ways and and to encourage people to be their best and and accepting of one another and of
Ourselves and we see way too much violence occurring
Today in the world and we wanted to write an anthem
towards anti-gun violence and anti-bullying and also just
Showing up and being your authentic self and being who you are and being okay with that and being proud of it
And we wrote it.
We just want to give a big shout out to Nico moon and Ben Simonetti who are Nashville
producer songwriters that we wrote the tune and produced it with [Gm] and
We love you guys, and thanks for being super supportive _ _
Awesome well, thank you so much [A] for that intro Victoria.
This [G] is Michael Franti and [Ab] spearhead flower [Gm] in the gun live on lightning 100
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_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ We
When _ you feel all alone we can be the reason to find strength carry on
in a world so divided
We shall overcome we can [Gm] be the healing
[Bb] We can be a flower in the gun.
We can be the healing
_ We can be the flower in the gun
What could I say to my son and to my daughter if they came and asked me about these days
What kind of reason could I give for all the hate the standing in the way?
[Gm] Wish I [Bb] could tell them that nobody's gonna judge them and every stranger on the block is gonna love them
No bully in the world could ever hurt him, but I can't say that today [Gm] No [Bb] No
One could [Eb] ever [Bb] take your pride from [Gm] you
[Bb] Speak your truth and [Eb] let your spirit [Bb] fly cuz we could be the healing
When [Eb] you're feeling [Bb] all alone
He could be the reason
[Eb] Find the strength [Bb] carry on
[Gm] world [Bb] so divided
[Ebm] We shall [Bb] overcome [Gm] we can be the healing
[Bb] _ We can be the flower
You can be the healing
We [Ebm] can be the flower
[Bb] _ [Gm] What [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ could I say to every woman who was [Eb] ever told by [Bb] a man don't try to reach too high
[Gm] What [Bb] could I say to every girl who was betrayed and told to keep the pain locked inside?
[Gm] Wish I could say nobody's ever [Bb] gonna judge me every stranger on the block is gonna [Gm] love me
No [Bb] bully in the world could ever hurt me, but I can't say that today No
[Gm] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ Speak [Gm] _ [Bb]
my truth and [Eb] let my spirit fly cuz [Gm] we could be the [Bb] healing
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[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] So divided we [Bb] shall overcome
[Gm] He could be the healing
[Bb] He [Eb] can be the flower
[Bb] We [Gm] can be the healing
[Bb] He [Eb] can be the [Bb] flower
_ [Gm] It's [Bb]
like dropping [Eb] pebbles into the ocean
[Bb] Seeing them spread ripples [Gm] around the world
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] He's so [Bb] whoa [Eb] Whoa?
[Bb] Yeah [Gm] Yeah [Bb] Whoa, _ [Eb] whoa [Bb] Yeah
Let me say whoa _ Yeah _ _ _ Whoa _ _ Yeah
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Gm] We
We _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] could be the healing [Bb] _
we can be [Eb] the flower
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_ _ I
[N] Michael Franti and spearhead live in the 1r p.m. Studio on lightning 100 you guys that was beautiful.
Thank you
Thank [B] you.
I mean so much if the healings gonna happen you guys are you guys are gonna help us get there.
[N] Thank you _