Rock the Nation - Michael Franti (Stay human) Chords
Tempo:
107.9 bpm
Chords used:
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Bm
D
E
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [E] [B]
[D] [B]
[D] [B]
[Bm] We live in a [D#] mean time and an aggressive [E] time, painful [B] time, a time where cynicism rocks
the vine, in a [Bm] time where violence blocks the summer [B] shine, lifetimes combine to flash
in the [E] search for love, in the search for [B] cash.
Everybody wanna be some fat [D] tycoon, everybody wanna be on a tropic honeymoon, [B] nobody wanna
swing [Bm] a little bit out of tune, or be the backbone of a rebel platoon, [B] it's too soon
to step out of line, you might get lapped at, you might get primed, [Bm] but do you fear
me when I say, I feel pain everyday, when I see the way my friends gotta slay, and never
get ahead of bills they gotta pay, no way, no way, ay, some make a living doing killing,
Colombian penicillin, some are willing to play the villain, they just chillin.
Pass the time, pass the information, or pass the wine, pass the bra, or pass the baton,
but you can't pass the police or the pentagon, the irish or the Archilon, I think it's fine
to make a move on the contradiction, bam bam.
Rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam.
The truth shall come, give the corporations a complication, bam bam.
Rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam.
The truth shall come, give the corporations a complication, say, woo!
Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
[B] This is the dawning of our time, [D] I say it one more time, to emphasize the meaning of my [B] rhyme.
To rise above all [Bm] the dirt and grime, at the right spice, at the right time, fuck the [B] constitution.
[F#] Are we part of the solution, or are we part of the [B] pollution?
Sitting by and wondering why, things ain't the way we like to find them to be, to be
for you and for me, the people over there and the ones in between, check our habitation.
Are we a peace loving nation, peace loving nation?
[G] I have a reasonable doubt, I [Bm] think I just spell it out, there's no need to scream or
to shout, the NRA just bought a man's soul, then he jumps up [E] and shouts, gun control.
[Bm] The government say that killing's a sin, unless it kill a murderer with a lethal syringe,
so I ask [Bm] again, are we [B] peace lovers then, peace lovers then?
[Bm] Some of them sling guns when they six it on, some of them end up in some six, but hold
this hope, damn plates into lost control, so I raise my voice before I lose my soul,
bam bam, rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam, the true shout
from, give the corporations the complication, bam bam, rock the nation, take over television
and radio station, bam bam, the true shout from, give the corporations the complication,
yo, say, say, radio rock the mic, [B] this is the way I'll express [G] my feelings, by rebuilding
me, ball spinning on a record, y'all try to compensate, take what I communicate [D] with,
it's ancient, gift to the lips, steady, clean, [B] inactivating, passing vocal violations [E] to
the blind plus the seeing, human doesn't mean just being, [G] becoming, don't believe it, [Bm] just
be lifin', belongings of your lovin', reverse it or recite it, while shining, drop your
guns, move your tongues, battle [B] motivation, no ties, lyrics dumb, [B] sometimes fun, others
run, their mouth far away, my mind's cold game and I can early sunray, [Bm] one day we'll
get the picture and all combined, let's be talking about my own mind and become one mind,
every piece of the puzzle has its place, to build the piece of the puzzle, call the human
race, taking it long enough, we cross the formal journalistic, and subject critics
from backwards to backward, I'm sure raising my hand with questions in demand, statements
in a plan, with the map of the land, bam bam, rock the [G] nation, take over television and
radio station, [Bm] bam bam, the true shout from, give the corporations the complication, [Bm] bam bam,
rock the [G] nation, take over television and radio station, [Bm] bam bam, the true [Em] shout from,
give the [Bm] corporations some complication, y'all.
[D] [B]
[D] [B]
[Bm] We live in a [D#] mean time and an aggressive [E] time, painful [B] time, a time where cynicism rocks
the vine, in a [Bm] time where violence blocks the summer [B] shine, lifetimes combine to flash
in the [E] search for love, in the search for [B] cash.
Everybody wanna be some fat [D] tycoon, everybody wanna be on a tropic honeymoon, [B] nobody wanna
swing [Bm] a little bit out of tune, or be the backbone of a rebel platoon, [B] it's too soon
to step out of line, you might get lapped at, you might get primed, [Bm] but do you fear
me when I say, I feel pain everyday, when I see the way my friends gotta slay, and never
get ahead of bills they gotta pay, no way, no way, ay, some make a living doing killing,
Colombian penicillin, some are willing to play the villain, they just chillin.
Pass the time, pass the information, or pass the wine, pass the bra, or pass the baton,
but you can't pass the police or the pentagon, the irish or the Archilon, I think it's fine
to make a move on the contradiction, bam bam.
Rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam.
The truth shall come, give the corporations a complication, bam bam.
Rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam.
The truth shall come, give the corporations a complication, say, woo!
Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
Woo!
[B] This is the dawning of our time, [D] I say it one more time, to emphasize the meaning of my [B] rhyme.
To rise above all [Bm] the dirt and grime, at the right spice, at the right time, fuck the [B] constitution.
[F#] Are we part of the solution, or are we part of the [B] pollution?
Sitting by and wondering why, things ain't the way we like to find them to be, to be
for you and for me, the people over there and the ones in between, check our habitation.
Are we a peace loving nation, peace loving nation?
[G] I have a reasonable doubt, I [Bm] think I just spell it out, there's no need to scream or
to shout, the NRA just bought a man's soul, then he jumps up [E] and shouts, gun control.
[Bm] The government say that killing's a sin, unless it kill a murderer with a lethal syringe,
so I ask [Bm] again, are we [B] peace lovers then, peace lovers then?
[Bm] Some of them sling guns when they six it on, some of them end up in some six, but hold
this hope, damn plates into lost control, so I raise my voice before I lose my soul,
bam bam, rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam, the true shout
from, give the corporations the complication, bam bam, rock the nation, take over television
and radio station, bam bam, the true shout from, give the corporations the complication,
yo, say, say, radio rock the mic, [B] this is the way I'll express [G] my feelings, by rebuilding
me, ball spinning on a record, y'all try to compensate, take what I communicate [D] with,
it's ancient, gift to the lips, steady, clean, [B] inactivating, passing vocal violations [E] to
the blind plus the seeing, human doesn't mean just being, [G] becoming, don't believe it, [Bm] just
be lifin', belongings of your lovin', reverse it or recite it, while shining, drop your
guns, move your tongues, battle [B] motivation, no ties, lyrics dumb, [B] sometimes fun, others
run, their mouth far away, my mind's cold game and I can early sunray, [Bm] one day we'll
get the picture and all combined, let's be talking about my own mind and become one mind,
every piece of the puzzle has its place, to build the piece of the puzzle, call the human
race, taking it long enough, we cross the formal journalistic, and subject critics
from backwards to backward, I'm sure raising my hand with questions in demand, statements
in a plan, with the map of the land, bam bam, rock the [G] nation, take over television and
radio station, [Bm] bam bam, the true shout from, give the corporations the complication, [Bm] bam bam,
rock the [G] nation, take over television and radio station, [Bm] bam bam, the true [Em] shout from,
give the [Bm] corporations some complication, y'all.
Key:
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ We live in a [D#] mean time and an aggressive [E] time, painful [B] time, a time where cynicism rocks
the vine, in a [Bm] time where violence blocks the summer [B] shine, lifetimes combine to flash
in the [E] search for love, in the search for [B] cash.
Everybody wanna be some fat [D] tycoon, everybody wanna be on a tropic honeymoon, [B] nobody wanna
swing [Bm] a little bit out of tune, or be the backbone of a rebel platoon, [B] it's too soon
to step out of line, you might get lapped at, you might get primed, [Bm] but do you fear
me when I say, I feel pain everyday, when I see the way my friends gotta slay, and never
get ahead of bills they gotta pay, no way, no way, ay, some make a living doing killing,
Colombian penicillin, some are willing to play the villain, they just chillin.
Pass the time, pass the information, or pass the wine, pass the bra, or pass the baton,
but you can't pass the police or the pentagon, the irish or the Archilon, I think it's fine
to make a move on the contradiction, bam bam.
Rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam.
The truth shall come, give the corporations a complication, bam bam.
Rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam.
The truth shall come, give the corporations a complication, say, woo!
Woo!
_ _ _ _ _ _ Woo!
Woo!
_ Woo!
_ _ [B] This is the dawning of our time, [D] I say it one more time, to emphasize the meaning of my [B] rhyme.
To rise above all [Bm] the dirt and grime, at the right spice, at the right time, fuck the [B] constitution.
[F#] Are we part of the solution, or are we part of the [B] pollution?
Sitting by and wondering why, things ain't the way we like to find them to be, to be
for you and for me, the people over there and the ones in between, check our habitation.
Are we a peace loving nation, peace loving nation?
[G] I have a reasonable doubt, I [Bm] think I just spell it out, there's no need to scream or
to shout, the NRA just bought a man's soul, then he jumps up [E] and shouts, gun control.
[Bm] The government say that killing's a sin, unless it kill a murderer with a lethal syringe,
so I ask [Bm] again, are we [B] peace lovers then, peace lovers then?
[Bm] Some of them sling guns when they six it on, some of them end up in some six, but hold
this hope, damn plates into lost control, so I raise my voice before I lose my soul,
bam bam, rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam, the true shout
from, give the corporations the complication, bam bam, rock the nation, take over television
and radio station, bam bam, the true shout from, give the corporations the complication,
yo, _ _ say, _ _ say, _ _ radio rock the mic, [B] this is the way I'll express [G] my feelings, by rebuilding
me, ball spinning on a record, y'all try to compensate, take what I communicate [D] with,
it's ancient, gift to the lips, steady, clean, [B] inactivating, passing vocal violations [E] to
the blind plus the seeing, human doesn't mean just being, [G] becoming, don't believe it, [Bm] just
be lifin', belongings of your lovin', reverse it or recite it, while shining, drop your
guns, move your tongues, battle [B] motivation, no ties, lyrics dumb, [B] sometimes fun, others
run, their mouth far away, my mind's cold game and I can early sunray, [Bm] one day we'll
get the picture and all combined, let's be talking about my own mind and become one mind,
every piece of the puzzle has its place, to build the piece of the puzzle, call the human
race, taking it long enough, we cross the formal journalistic, and subject critics
from backwards to backward, I'm sure raising my hand with questions in demand, statements
in a plan, with the map of the land, bam bam, rock the [G] nation, take over television and
radio station, [Bm] bam bam, the true shout from, give the corporations the complication, [Bm] bam bam,
rock the [G] nation, take over television and radio station, [Bm] bam bam, the true [Em] shout from,
give the [Bm] corporations some complication, y'all.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ We live in a [D#] mean time and an aggressive [E] time, painful [B] time, a time where cynicism rocks
the vine, in a [Bm] time where violence blocks the summer [B] shine, lifetimes combine to flash
in the [E] search for love, in the search for [B] cash.
Everybody wanna be some fat [D] tycoon, everybody wanna be on a tropic honeymoon, [B] nobody wanna
swing [Bm] a little bit out of tune, or be the backbone of a rebel platoon, [B] it's too soon
to step out of line, you might get lapped at, you might get primed, [Bm] but do you fear
me when I say, I feel pain everyday, when I see the way my friends gotta slay, and never
get ahead of bills they gotta pay, no way, no way, ay, some make a living doing killing,
Colombian penicillin, some are willing to play the villain, they just chillin.
Pass the time, pass the information, or pass the wine, pass the bra, or pass the baton,
but you can't pass the police or the pentagon, the irish or the Archilon, I think it's fine
to make a move on the contradiction, bam bam.
Rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam.
The truth shall come, give the corporations a complication, bam bam.
Rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam.
The truth shall come, give the corporations a complication, say, woo!
Woo!
_ _ _ _ _ _ Woo!
Woo!
_ Woo!
_ _ [B] This is the dawning of our time, [D] I say it one more time, to emphasize the meaning of my [B] rhyme.
To rise above all [Bm] the dirt and grime, at the right spice, at the right time, fuck the [B] constitution.
[F#] Are we part of the solution, or are we part of the [B] pollution?
Sitting by and wondering why, things ain't the way we like to find them to be, to be
for you and for me, the people over there and the ones in between, check our habitation.
Are we a peace loving nation, peace loving nation?
[G] I have a reasonable doubt, I [Bm] think I just spell it out, there's no need to scream or
to shout, the NRA just bought a man's soul, then he jumps up [E] and shouts, gun control.
[Bm] The government say that killing's a sin, unless it kill a murderer with a lethal syringe,
so I ask [Bm] again, are we [B] peace lovers then, peace lovers then?
[Bm] Some of them sling guns when they six it on, some of them end up in some six, but hold
this hope, damn plates into lost control, so I raise my voice before I lose my soul,
bam bam, rock the nation, take over television and radio station, bam bam, the true shout
from, give the corporations the complication, bam bam, rock the nation, take over television
and radio station, bam bam, the true shout from, give the corporations the complication,
yo, _ _ say, _ _ say, _ _ radio rock the mic, [B] this is the way I'll express [G] my feelings, by rebuilding
me, ball spinning on a record, y'all try to compensate, take what I communicate [D] with,
it's ancient, gift to the lips, steady, clean, [B] inactivating, passing vocal violations [E] to
the blind plus the seeing, human doesn't mean just being, [G] becoming, don't believe it, [Bm] just
be lifin', belongings of your lovin', reverse it or recite it, while shining, drop your
guns, move your tongues, battle [B] motivation, no ties, lyrics dumb, [B] sometimes fun, others
run, their mouth far away, my mind's cold game and I can early sunray, [Bm] one day we'll
get the picture and all combined, let's be talking about my own mind and become one mind,
every piece of the puzzle has its place, to build the piece of the puzzle, call the human
race, taking it long enough, we cross the formal journalistic, and subject critics
from backwards to backward, I'm sure raising my hand with questions in demand, statements
in a plan, with the map of the land, bam bam, rock the [G] nation, take over television and
radio station, [Bm] bam bam, the true shout from, give the corporations the complication, [Bm] bam bam,
rock the [G] nation, take over television and radio station, [Bm] bam bam, the true [Em] shout from,
give the [Bm] corporations some complication, y'all.
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