Intro
G Am Em C [spoken]
G Am Em
There's a little song we sing in our movement down in the South
Em
I don't know if you've heard it
C
It has become the theme song, we shall overcome
Verse 1
G Am Em
How free is anyone, when some are still in chains
C
Slaves to brokenness, all this blindness
G Am Em
How free is anyone, when all these doubts remain
Em
In the dead of night, no sign of the light
D G/B G C
Child don't grow weary, soon we will see the sun
Chorus 1
C G Em D
All my brothers help each other
C G Em D
All my sisters walk together
C Em D
No one is a stranger
C G Am Em C
We're all sons and daughters
Verse 2
G Am Em
Join hands with everyone, don't you hear the song we sing
C
Oh there might be tears, but we are more than our fears
G Am Em
We are marching on, but there's a price we have to pay
Em
For love means taking on, the weight of what was won
D G/B G C
Child don't grow weary, soon we will see the sun
Chorus 2
C G Em D
All my brothers help each other
C G Em D
All my sisters walk together
C Em D
No one is a stranger
C G Em D
We're all sons and daughters, help each other
C G Em D
All my sisters walk together
C Em D
No one is a stranger
C G
We're all sons and daughters
Bridge
C G Bm Em D
We shall overcome, we shall overcome
C G D G/B G
The victory is won, oh we shall overcome
Ending
[spoken]
Am Em C G
Deep in the heart I do believe we shall overcome
Am Em
And I'll tell you why. We shall overcome because the arc
C G
Of the moral universe is long but it bends toward us
Am Em
Behind the dim unknown standard God within the shadows
C
Keeping watch above us all. We shall overcome because the
G
Cause it is right. You shall reep what you sow. We shall
Am Em
Overcome deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome
C G Am Em C G
With this faith