We Shall Overcome

Words & Music:

Zilpha Hort, Frank Hamilton,

Guy Carawan & Pete Seeger

 

The February 2007 issue of Acoustic Guitar has a nice version of this.  These chords are the ones I grew up with.  The Acoustic Guitar version is in the key of D and drop-D tuning.  Master songhound Dan M. gives us the background on this anthem of the Civil Rights movement:  "... Pete Seeger, based on "We Shall Not Be Moved," an old spiritual..."

 

G        C   G              C   G

We shall overcome, we shall overcome,

G           G/F# Em   A7   D7

We shall o--ver--come someday.

    C    C/B  Am7  G      C Bm   Am Em

Oh, deep in-- my-- heart, I do-- be-lieve

G        C   G    D    G  [or:  C to G]

We shall overcome someday.

 

We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand,

We'll walk hand in hand someday.

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe

We'll walk hand in hand someday.

 

We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace,

We shall live in peace someday.

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe

We shall live in peace someday.

 

We shall all be free, we shall all be free,

We shall all be free someday.

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe

We shall all be free someday.

 

We are not afraid, we are not afraid,

We are not afraid someday.

Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe

We are not afraid someday.

 

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