Can't Stand

Intro 
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C G 
Am G F C G 
Am G F C 



C                     F           C 
Smoke in the sunrise, dark in the dawn 
C                           F              G 
Night after long night, the hard lines are drawn 
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If you won’t choose a side, I know which side you’re on 
       Am              G               F              C 
If you can’t stand for right, man, you just stand for wrong 

Am G F C 



C                          F            C 
Blood of my bad blood born deep down in me 
C                         F              G 
Bred to be blind to Black blood on these streets 
       Am            G              F            C 
If you won’t call it out, don’t you dare call it free 
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If you can’t stand for right, man, you can’t stand for peace 

Am G F C 



Am        G           F       C 
Centuries broken wide open in pain 
     Am            G               F          G 
Your neighbor’s in danger and your silence to blame 
       Am            G           F              C 
If you won’t call it out, I know which side you take 
       Am              G               F              C 
If you can’t stand for right, man, you just stand for hate 

Am G F C 



C                     F           C 
Smoke in the sunrise, dark in the dawn 
C                           F              G 
Night after long night, the hard lines are drawn 
       Am             G            F                 C 
If you won’t choose a side, I know which side you’re on 
       Am              G               F              C 
If you can’t stand for right, man, you just stand for wrong 
       Am              G               F              C 
If you can’t stand for right, man, you just stand for wrong 
       Am              G               F              C 
If you can’t stand for right, man, you just stand for wrong 

Interlude 

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C F G 
Am G F C 
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C                      F        C 
Lost in the old world, American dream 
C                          F              C 
Pledge your allegiance; Oh say, can’t you see 
        Am            G             F          C 
All the violence that lies in these secrets we keep 
       Am             G                F                C 
If you can’t stand to change, man, you can’t stand with me