I’LL START WITH ME

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This file is for personal private use only. All copyright laws apply. Transcribed by Mary F. Ferrara.  "I’ll Start With Me" © 2002 by Kristen Hall, Emily Sailers and Alice Peacock, Alice Peacock Music/Ludakris Music.

 

I’LL START WITH ME

 

Capo 2

Em7  020000

 

Intro:   G-D-Em-Em7-C*-G-D-Em-Em7-C*

(* Hammer on this C Chord)

 

   G  D           Em         Em7    C*

We do OK with the things God gave us

        G     D             Em      Em7     C*

Will it be enough when it’s time to save us?

Em     D           G

One in three can’t read.  

Em      D         G

So many mouths to feed.

        Em      G           C*

We just sit and wait like a loaded gun.

   G          D          Em    Em7      C*

We wrap ourselves in the great tradition.

    G      D          Em     Em7  C*

The United States of Acquisition

Em        D      G

Every man for himself

Em     D      G

Me and no one else

        Em   G               C*

Will we ever learn there’s a price to pay?

 

G           Am      C                 D

America the free----wake up from your fantasy

       G           Am             C    D

Is the nation so divided we can’t see?

             G          Am

That there’s work to be done

F                   C

Something there for everyone

  Am        C          G-D-Em-Em7-C- G-D-Em-Em7-C

I know I’ll start with me.

 

Six O’clock and it’s another story

A gunman down in a blaze of glory

He’s only ten years old

Makes my blood run cold

The press descend like birds of prey

 

And politicians stay in office

Far too long to vote their conscience

Lobby bought and sold

Trading votes for gold

They’ve forgotten that they work for us

 

America the free----wake up from your fantasy

Is the nation so divided we can’t see?

That there’s work to be done

Something there for everyone

I know I’ll start with me.

 

Bridge:

        C              D              G

For the beast to stay alive it has to feed

                       D                   C     G      

That’s why in times of peace, we create an enemy

        C                  D

What we called the Big Red Scare

            G             Am

Was just my neighbor over there

                                  C       D       G-D-Em-Em7-C

With hopes and dreams the same as me, the same as me

             G-D-Em-Em7-C

The same as me

 

 

America the free----wake up from your fantasy

Is the nation so divided we can’t see?

That there’s work to be done

Something there for everyone

I know I’ll start with me.

 

Well we do OK with the things God gave us