
We Are One
Verse 1
Em D Em
“I don’t need you” never said hand to the eye
Em Am D Em
“I don’t need you” never said hand to the eye
Em Am
I’m your brother here to give you touch and you my sense of sight
C D Em
“I don’t need you” never said hand to the eye
Verse 2
Em D Em
“I don’t like you” never said leg to the arm
Em Am D Em
“I don’t like you” never said leg to the arm
Em Am
I will firmly plant my feet so your hands can reach the stars
C D Em
“I don’t like you” never said leg to the arm
Chorus 1
Em
Cause we are one, one body
Em-Am-D
We are one, one body
Em
We are one, one body
Am C D Em
All the people of the good ol USA
Verse 3
Em D Em
“I don’t want you” never said mouth to the nose
Em Am D Em
“I don’t want you” never said mouth to the nose
Em Am
For without you I may lose my sense of taste now, I suppose
C D Em
“I don’t want you” never said mouth to the nose
Chorus 2
Bridge
Em
All for humanity, say “I”
All possibilities, say “I”
Am
All for the love and peace, say “I”
Em
All for humility, say “I”
Bm Em
All for unity, say “I”
Music Break 8 measures (verse chord progression)
Verse 4
Em D Em
“How I hate you” never said head to the heart
Em Am D Em
“How I hate you” never said head to the heart
Em Am
For together we can solve our problems better than apart
C D Em
“How I hate you” never said head to the heart
Chorus
Em
Cause we are one, one body
Em-Am-D
We are one, one body
Em
We are one, one body
Am C D Em
All the people of the good ol USA
Am C D Em
All the people of the good ol’ USA
Am C D Em
All the people of the good ol’ USA
Mother America
Intro: G for 8 counts
Verse 1
G D
Oh, Mother America, braggin’ ‘bout how much she loves her children
D G
All dressed up in stars and stripes pretty bows and shiny shoes anew
G D
Proudly standing on display they do their best to keep their secrets hidden
D G
Because God forbid the world find out she beats the poor things red, white and blue
Verse 2
G D
Oh, Mother America, doesn’t feel the need to keep her promise
D G
Her little ones are waiting on the happiness, the liberty and life
G D
She tells ‘em that it’s their fault, if they’d only pull and tighten up those bootstraps
D G
Then they’d have access to the riches, that they see her get from strange men at night
Chorus 1
C
She keeps one locked in the closet and the other in basement
G
Poor kids wondering what happened to that dream that he was chasin’
C D
It’s so hard to see the light when the darkness is coming from the inside
Verse 3
G D
Oh, Mother America guardian and keeper of the portions
D G
She wouldn’t want them choking on prosperity from all of their hard work
G D
Not everyone’s invited to the table, yeah, some will go starvin’
D G
While the rest will eat and eat until they’re full and oh so empty it hurts
Chorus 2
C
She keeps one locked in the closet and the other in the basement
G
Poor girls wonderin’ what happened to those white and picket fences
C D
It’s so hard to disconnect when the phone call is coming from the inside
Verse 4
G D
Oh, Mother America would you mind tellin what’s this we’re drinkin’
D G
The room is spinning upside down the boat is rockin’ and I think we’re sinkin’
G D
There’s a donkey hiding in the back and elephant destroying sisters bedroom
D G
Brother’s head is in a cage his arm as legs are dancing to your song
Chorus 3
C
She keeps one locked in the closet and the other in the basement
G
Someone contact the authorities they’ll have to make a statement
C D
Are they gonna make it out when everything they are is chained up on the inside
Chorus 4
C
There’s another in the back buried underneath the flowers
G
Maybe that’s why they’re afraid, Mother Dear has too much power
C D
It’s so hard to stay alive when everything they love is killing on the inside
Outro
G D
Oh, Mother America, braggin ‘bout how much she loves her children
D G
God forbid the world find out she beats the poor things red, white, and blue
The "Liberty" Bell
The “Liberty” Bell
By Roberta Lea
Verse 1 Am D G Em
Ding dong
Is that freedom in the distance I hear
Sing song
I thought I heard it but it’s not very clear
Too long
It takes to travel to the least of these
To people like me
Verse 2
Bang bang
Goes the bullet all over the world
Shame shame
How the rich will use the poor boys and girls
Gang gang
Were they fighting for the least of these
For people like me
Chorus
All this time, all this time
You were fighting for your freedom
All this time, all this time
You were fighting for your freedom
But never for mine
A few years ago we took the kids
To visit one of our favorite cities
Philly, to kick it with the family
And while we were there
We stopped to visit a bell called
Liberty
And as I studied her, the irony
Wasn’t lost on me
She represented a dominion that was supposed to free
But after she rang she broke
And that symbol of freedom would never ring true
Again
Rang a silent bell
One that could never be broken