By Any Means

	  		G#m D#m E E 
  
   G#m7 
Oh-oh 
         F#        Fm7(5-) E 
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh 
                 G#m7 
So go ahead and fix your crown 
      F#                    Fm7(5-)   E 
Then watch it all burn in smoke, oh, oh 
               G#m7 
Go ahead and stand your ground 
F#                              Fm7(5-)     E 
 We're on the long road to freedom, oh, no 
   


 G#m7 
Too much time tryna figure out why 
 B7M/F# 
Too much time to be patient 
E7M 
All this time you be feeding us lies 
E7M 
Ain't no truth in your statements 
 G#m7 
Too much pain in these little white lies 
B7M/F# 
 You left here 
E7M 
All this time tryna figure out how 
E7M 
 We still here 
         G#m7 
I take pride in the things that we've done 
          B7M/F# 
Side by side in the revolution 
            E7M 
Won't stay silent for things that I love 
                E7M 
'Cause we know dem nuh care about us 
                 G#m7 
White men can't jump but at least they can run 
              B7M/F# 
Broke these chains just to put our hands up 
                E7M 
They can never see the kingdom coming 
                 E7M 
You wanna see us all amount to nothing, no 
   


G#m7             B7M/F#                   E7M 
 I can see your face, see the light in your eyes 
                E7M                       G#m7 
I can see the change, feel the heat of the fire 
                     B7M/F#                    E7M 
If you can feel the pain, then you know you're alive 
                  E7M 
Both feet on the line 
   


                      G#m7            B7M/F# 
By any means, I will fight (for you, for you), oh, no 
                      E7M           E7M 
By any means, I will fight (for you, for you) 
                      G#m7            B7M/F# 
By any means, I will fight (for you, for you) 
                      E7M           E7M 
By any means, I will fight (for you, for you) 
   
G#m7                            B7M/F# 
I've spent too many days in my head now 
                        E7M 
Did you think we would forget, how? 
                     E7M 
Too many destinies, too many sentences 
 F#6       G#m7 
Read now, read now 
                          B7M/F# 
See all this pain in the headlines 
                          E7M 
But I have cried for the last time 
  
But know what happens, see 
 E7M                    F#6                   G#m7 
You would be blind if it was just an eye for an eye 
   


                 B7M/F# 
And what if we changed the world? 
                  E7M 
We rise from the flames the victor 
                 E7M 
It's far from a perfect picture 
                     G#m7 
I know we're sinful but we are human 
               B7M/F# 
Would you be grateful if you took my place? 
 E7M 
Say my name (say my name) 
            E7M 
There is redemption in the steps we take 
     G#m7 
Say, one life and I'm gonna use it (oh) 
B7M/F# 
Innocent 'til I am proven (oh, no) 
E7M 
One last chance and you blew it (oh) 
E7M 
One last dance in the ruins (oh) 
 G#m7 
So much hate in your movements (oh, no) 
 B7M/F# 
Told me I couldn't prove it (no) 
E7M 
One last prayer for the sinners (ooh) 
 E7M 
You only learn what you witness (ooh, ooh-ooh)  
  
 

G#m7             B7M/F#                   E7M 
 I can see your face, see the light in your eyes 
                E7M                       G#m7 
I can see the change, feel the heat of the fire 
                     B7M/F#                    E7M 
If you can feel the pain, then you know you're alive 
                  E7M 
Both feet on the line 
   
 

                      G#m7            B7M/F# 
By any means, I will fight (for you, for you), oh, no 
                      E7M           E7M 
By any means, I will fight (for you, for you) 
                      G#m7            B7M/F# 
By any means, I will fight (for you, for you) 
                      E7M           E7M 
By any means, I will fight (for you, for you)  
  
G#m7                            B7M/F# 
I've spent too many days in my head now 
                        E7M 
Did you think we would forget, how? 
                     E7M 
Too many destinies, too many sentences 
 F#6       G#m7 
Read now, read now 
                          B7M/F# 
See all this pain in the headlines 
                          E7M 
But I have cried for the last time 
  
But know what happens, see 
 E7M                    F#6 
You would be blind if it was just an eye for an eye