Michael Jackson - They Do Not Care About Us Chords

[verse]
Dm
Skin head, dead head
C
Everybody gone bad
Dm
Situation, aggravation
C
Everybody allegation
Dm
In the suite, on the news
C
Everybody dog food
Dm
Bang bang, shock dead
C
Everybody's gone mad

[chorus]
Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us
Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us

[verse]
Dm
Beat me, hate me
C
You can never break me
Dm
Will me, thrill me
C
You can never kill me
Dm
Do me, sue me
C
Everybody do me
Dm
Kick me, strike me
C
Don't you black or white me

[chorus]
Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us
Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us

[verse]
Dm                 C
Tell me what has become of my life
Dm                     C
I have a wife and two children who love me
Dm                    C          Dm      C
I am the victim of police brutality, now
Dm                      C
I'm tired of bein' the victim of hate
Dm                      C
You're rapin' me of my pride, oh, for God's sake
Dm                      C            Dm   C
I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy, set me free

[break]
Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
trepidation, speculation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Black man, black mail
Throw your brother in jail

[chorus]
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us

[verse]
Dm                    C
Tell me what has become of my rights
Dm                   C
am I invisible because you ignore me?
Dm                    C                   Dm   C
Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now
Dm                         C
I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame
Dm                           C
They're throwing me in a class with a bad name
Dm                             C                 Dm  A7
I can't believe this is the land from which I came
            Bb             C
You know I do really hate to say it
         Dm
The government don't wanna see
     Gm
But if Roosevelt was livin
     A7
He wouldn't let this be, no, no

[break]
Dm
Skin head, dead head
C
Everybody gone bad
Dm
Situation, speculation
C
Everybody litigation
Dm
Beat me, bash me
C
You can never trash me
Dm
Hit me, kick me
C
You can never get me

[chorus]
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us

[Solo]
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[verse]
Bb                 C                   Dm
Some things in life they just don't wanna see
     Gm
But if Martin Luther was livin
 A7
He wouldn't let this be

[break]
Dm
Skin head, dead head
C
Everybody gone bad
Dm
Situation, segregation
C
Everybody allegation
Dm
In the suite, on the news
C
Everybody dog food
Dm
Kick me, strike me
C
Don't you wrong or right me

[chorus]
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us
Bb
All I wanna say is that
C
They don't really care about
Dm
All I wanna say is that
C
They don't really care about
Dm
All I wanna say is that
C                            Dm
They don't really care about us

[Outro]
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