Chords
Across The Lines

Key: G

Introduction:

 Em                         D       Am                     C 
      Across the lines,   who would dare to go ?
 Em                         D                               Am 
      Under the bridge, over the tracks,
                                         C 
      that separates whites from blacks.
 Em                                             D                       G 
      Choose the sides, or run for your life,
 Am                           C             D 
      tonight the riots begin.
 Em                                             D 
      On back streets of America,
 Am                                                   C           G 
      they kill the dream of America.
                   Em                                               D 
  Little black girl gets assaulted, ain't no reason why,
           Am                                                                                         C 
  newspaper prints the story, and racist tempers fly.
               Em                                         D 
  Next day it starts a riot, knives and guns are drawn,
       Am                                                         C 
  two black boys get killed, one white boy goes blind.
 Em                         D       Am                     C 
      Across the lines,   who would dare to go ?
 Em                         D                               Am 
      Under the bridge, over the tracks,
                                         C 
      that separates whites from blacks.
 Em                                             D                       G 
      Choose the sides, or run for your life,
 Am                           C             D 
      tonight the riots begin.
 Em                                             D 
      On back streets of America,
 Am                                                   C           G 
      they kill the dream of America.
                     Em                                               D 
  Little black girl gets assaulted, no one know her name,
     Am                                                           C 
  lots of people hurt and angry, she's the one to blame.
 Em                         D       Am                     C 
      Across the lines,   who would dare to go ?
 Em                         D                               Am 
      Under the bridge, over the tracks,
                                         C 
      that separates whites from blacks.
 Em                                             D                       G 
      Choose the sides, or run for your life,
 Am                           C             D 
      tonight the riots begin.
 Em                                             D 
      On back streets of America,
 Am                                                   C           G   Dm   G   Dm   G 
      they kill the dream of America.