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American Reckoning by Bon Jovi - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            [Intro]
| G   Gsus4  | 4x


[Verse 1]
G         Gsus4  G   Gsus4 G
 America's on   fire
                Gsus4      G    Gsus4
There's protests in the street
Csus2                C    Cmaj7  Csus2 C Cmaj7
 Her conscience has been looted
        Csus2       C  Cmaj7  Csus2 C
And her soul is under siege
Asus4     Am       Asus2   Asus4 Am Asus2
 Another  mother's crying,
Csus2         C  Cmaj7
 As  history repeats
Csus2   C  G       Gsus4 G
 I   can't  breathe


[Instrumental]
| G   Gsus4  | 3x


[Verse 2]
G                 Gsus4     G
 God damn those  8 long minutes
Gsus4 G                   Gsus4    G
Lying  face down in cuffs on the ground
Csus2                 C   Cmaj7  Csus2
 Bystanders  pleaded  for  mercy
   C  Cmaj7
As one,
Csus2            C       Cmaj7  Csus2 C
Cop  shoved a kid in the crowd
Asus4             Am    Asus2  Asus4 Am
 When did a judge and a jury
Csus2           C      Cmaj7
 Become a badge and a knee
Csus2 C   G        Gsus4 G  Gsus4
On  these streets?


[Chorus]
C           G
 Stay alive, stay alive
Am             G
 Shine a light, stay alive
Em                  G            C
Use your voice and you remember me
               G   Gsus4 G  Gsus4
American reckoning


[Verse 3]
G                Gsus4      G   Gsus4 G
 I'll never know what it's like
              Gsus4     G   Gsus4  
To walk a mile in his shoes
Csus2           C       Cmaj7     Csus2  C Cmaj7
 And I'll never have to have the talk
Csus2               C  Cmaj7  Csus2 C
 So it don't happen to you
Asus4                 Am     Asus2      Asus4
 Three little words written 'cross the chest
  Am  Csus2                C     Cmaj7      Csus2
Of a  twelve year old who hasn't lived life yet
    C  G    Gsus4 G
"Am I next?
Gsus4 G    Gsus4
Am I next?"


[Chorus]
C           G
 Stay alive, stay alive
Am             G
 Shine a light, stay alive
Em                  G            C
Use your voice and you remember me
               G   Gsus4 G  Gsus4
American reckoning


[Instrumental Break]
| Em   C  | D  | 2x

| Am  | G  |

| G   Gsus4  | 2x


[Bridge]
G                Gsus4    G    Gsus4 G
 Is this a moment or movement?
                Gsus4   G    Gsus4
Is this the tide or a flood?
Csus2         C  Cmaj7 Csus2 C Cmaj7
 Is our American reckoning?
Csus2              C   Cmaj7
 Our story written in blood
   C  Asus4  Am Asus2 Asus4
Or in love
   Am Csus2 C Cmaj7 Csus2 C
Or in peace


[Instrumental]
| G   Gsus4  | 4x


[Chorus]
C           G
 Stay alive, stay alive
Am             G
 Shine a light, stay alive
Em                  G            C
Use your voice and you remember me
C           G
 Stay alive, stay alive
Am             G
 Shine a light, stay alive
Em                  G            C
Use your voice and you remember me
               G   Gsus4 G  Gsus4 G  Gsus4 G
American reckoning
          Gsus4  G
In our American reckoning 
        

We also have 44 songs by Bon Jovi

• All About Lovin You
• Always
• American Reckoning
• Bad Medicine
• Because We Can
• Bed Of Roses
• Blood In The Water
• Blood On Blood
• Born To Be My Baby
• Diamond Ring
• Do What You Can
• Dry County
• Have A Nice Day
• Hearts Breaking Even
• I Want You
• Ill Be There For You
• Ill Sleep When Im Dead
• In These Arms
• Its My Life
• Keep The Faith
• Lay Your Hands On Me
• Lie To Me
• Limitless
• Livin On A Prayer
• Living In Sin
• Lower The Flag
• Never Say Goodbye
• One Step Closer
• Runaway
• Someday Ill Be Saturday Night
• Something For The Pain
• Stick To Your Guns
• Story Of Love
• Thank You For Loving Me
• These Days
• This Aint A Love Song
• Till We Aint Strangers Anymore
• Wanted Dead Or Alive
• We Werent Born To Follow
• What Do You Got
• Who Says You Cant Go Home
• Wild Is The Wind
• You Give Love A Bad Name
• You Want To Make A Memory

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