Key: D
Introduction: D
D A D
On a typical November Cleveland day
D A D
A little boy went outside to play
G D
White boys get to run free, but black boys aren't allowed
D A D
Tamir Rice would have been 18 by now
D A D
He wasn't just a nameless shooting victim
D A D
A tragic product of a broken system
G D
The system isn't broken, works exactly as designed
D A D
I guess that's why they say justice is blind
G D
When all you've got is a toolbox full of hammers
Bm G A
Everything they see looks like a nail
G D
When will all lives really matter
Bm G A
When will righteousness and peace prevail
Bm A G D/F# Em
We could start again, if only we knew how
D A D
Tamir Rice would have been 18 by now