TalkinŐ About A Revolution

Words & Music:

Tracy Chapman

 

[basic riff for song:  G  C(add9)  D  Dsus4]

 

CHORUS:

G         C(add9)      D            Dsus4    G

Don't you know they're talkin' about a revolution?

G  C(add9) D     Dsus4  G  [etc.]

It sounds like a whisper.

Don't you know they're talkin' about a revolution?

It sounds like a whisper.

 

While they're standing in the welfare lines.

Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation.

Wasting time in the unemployment lines.

Sitting around waiting for a promotion.

 

CHORUS:

 

Poor people gonna rise up and get their share.

Poor people gonna rise up and take what's theirs.

 

Don't you know you better run, run, run...

Oh, I said, you better run, run, run...

'Cause, finally the tables are starting to turn.

Talkin' bout a revolution going on.

Talkin' bout a revolution going on.

Talkin' bout a revolution going on.

 

C(add9) = 0 3 2 0 3 0

 




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