How History Goes

verse 1 Ab The man, the bear, the woods on fire Fm7 Free speech banned with an unfair trial Dbadd9 Censorship with a bastard smile Eb The rich are eating cake Ab Abmaj7 Another war that we're always fighting Fm7 Fm9 Another kid in their classroom hiding Dbadd9 Db9(#11) Eb A rapist wins and becomes the president Ab Fm7 Db And I almost didn't hear it Chorus Ab But hey-ho, can you hear us singing? Fm7 Real hope comes out ringing Dbadd9 Eb If we go, we'll go down swinging, swinging Ab It's our home and we're gonna make it Fm7 It's our choice and you don't get to take it Dbadd9 Eb It's my life and you don't get to break my soul Ab Fm7 Dbadd9 Don't you know how history goes Ab Fm7 Dbadd9 Eb Don't you know how history goes verse 2 Ab So I work two jobs just to keep on living Fm7 While they sign the docs that say my living's forbidden Dbadd9 Eb6 And I grocery shop, just to get killed in the parking lot Ab They're screaming "Spread your legs" on live television Fm7 Like that's not the thing that's really scarring our children Dbadd9 Eb6 Like identity is more a threat than dropping bombs Ab Fm7 Dbadd9 And they think they pulled it off Chorus Ab Hey-ho, can you hear us singing? Fm7 Real hope comes out ringing Dbadd9 Eb6 If we go, we'll go down swinging, swinging Ab It's our home and we're gonna make it Fm7 It's our choice and you don't get to take it Dbadd9 Eb6 It's my life and you don't get to break my soul Ab Fm7 Dbadd9 Or don't you know how history goes Ab Fm7 Dbadd9 Eb Don't you know how history goes Bridge Ab Fm7 They burn witches, they burn towns Dbadd9 Eb Cried off with our heads, but we wouldn't bow down Ab Fm7 We march through the streets to the warning bell sound Dbadd9 Eb History is RIGHT DAMN NOW! Ab Fm7 The emperor's clothes, the tea in the harbor Dbadd9 Eb The witches you burned just fueled all the fire Ab Fm7 Of marchers, of poets, of stories, of vows Dbadd9 Eb History is right damn now Outro N.C. So hey-ho, can you hear us singing? N.C. Real hope comes out ringing N.C. Eb If we go, we'll go down swinging Ab It's our home and we're gonna make it Fm7 It's our choice and you don't get to take it Dbadd9 Eb It's my life and you don't get to break my soul Ab Fm7 Dbadd9 Or don't you know how history goes Ab Fm7 Dbadd9 Don't you know how history goes Eb Ab Fm7 Dbadd9 Don't you see how it's gonna go, cause we won't let it go