Tom: Bm
Bm D A Bm D A
Wouldn't it be convenient if he just rests in peace?
Bm D A Bm D A
I saw his cousin crying wondering how you call the cops on the police
Bm D A Bm D A
With a bootprint on your shoulder, face down on the street
Bm D A
Another precinct that's been rotted out
Bm D A
Another song of "I can't breathe"
[Bridge]
Bm D A
"I can't breathe"
Bm
He said "I can't breathe"
[Verse 2]
Bm D A
Oh what a privilege to hide behind a screen
Bm D A Bm D A
Like biteless barking dogs we yelp on an ever-tightening leash
Bm D A Bm D A
Another public execution under a greedy would be king
Bm D A Bm D A
Another desperate bloody anthem a crying family has to sing
[Bridge]
Bm D A
"I can't breathe"
Bm
He said "I can't breathe"
[Chorus]
G D
I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams
D/C# Bm
I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine
G D
I hope you soak into the wick like kerosene
A
I hope it burns clean
A
How long will there be this song of "I can't breathe"?
[Bridge]
Bm D A
"I can't breathe"
Bm D A
"I can't breathe"
Bm D A
"I can't breathe"
Bm D A
He said "I can't breathe"
Bm
"I can't breathe"
[Verse 3]
Bm D A Bm D A
Oh what a privilege to pretend that we can't see
Bm D A Bm D A
The chain, the whip, the badge, the gun, and now the ever-pressing knee
Bm D A
The knee we hired to protect us
Bm D A
The same knee he used to pray
Bm D A Bm D A
The knee that bares the bruise from being used to choke his life away
[Bridge]
Bm D A
He said "I can't breathe"
Bm
"Mama I can't breathe"
[Chorus]
G D
I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams
D/C# Bm
I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine
G D
I hope you soak into the wick like kerosene
A
I hope it burns clean
G D
I hope your ghost haunts all of our dreams
D/C# Bm
I hope you float like smoke over the blood machine
G D
When they say "make it great again" is this what they mean?
A
Then let it burn clean
A Bm D A
How long will there be this song of "I can't breathe"?
Bm D A
"Mama I can't breathe"
Bm
I can't
