Call It What It Is (feat. The Innocent Criminals)

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UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro: D   F G     D   F G

Verse 1:
D                        F G  D                           F G
They shot him in the back... now it's a crime to be black...
         D             F       G        D         F G
So don't act surprised... when it gets vandalized...

Chorus:
F    G              F    G
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
F   G                          D  F G        D   F G
Call it what... it... is... murder

Verse 2:
D                F G D       F G D         F G D
There's good cops... bad cops... white cops... black cops...

Chorus:
            F   G              F    G
You got to call it what it is, call it what it is,
F    G                          D  F G        D  F G
Call it what... it... is... murder

Verse 3:
D             F G D         F G D            F G         D             F G
Trayvon Martin... Ezell Ford... Michael Brown... and so many, many more...

Chorus:
G                   F    G               F   G                          D  F G D  F G
Call it what it is, call it what it is, call it what... it... is... murder

Verse 4:
D           F G     D     F G
Government... ain't easy...
D         F G     D     F G
Policing... ain't easy...
     D      F G     D     F G
Hard times... ain't easy...
   D        F   G     D      F G  D  F   G     D     F G
O-ppression... ain't easy... racism...  ain't easy...
D      F G     D       F G    D
Fear... ain't easy... suffer-ing ain't easy

Chorus:
 F    G              F    G
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
F    G                          D     F   G   D   F G
Call it what... it... is... murder ...murder

Verse 5:
D          F G D            F G
Gun control... mind control...
D               F      G       D
Self-control... we've dug ourselves a hole

Chorus:
F    G              F    G
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
F   G                          D  F G        D   F G
Call it what... it... is... murder
            F   G              F    G
You got to call it what it is, call it what it is,
F    G                          D  F G        D  F G
Call it what... it... is... murder
F    G              F    G
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
F   G                          D  F G        D   F G
Call it what... it... is... murder
 
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a random queer

I freaking LOVE THIS SONG
a couple of the lyrics are off but nothing major, and the chords look funky placement wise but it sounds great once you go by ear!

Mollie

-2 is the easiest. 🙂

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Biography

Ben Harper (born in Pomona, CA, on 28 October 1969) is an American Grammy-winning singer and songwriter. As well as solo albums, he has recorded as Ben Harper and Tom Freund, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Ben Harper And The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite, and Ben & Ellen Harper.

Harper grew up listening to blues, folk, soul, RnB, and reggae. Harper’s blend of groove-laden funky soul and

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