[Intro]
D F G D F G
[Verse 1]
D F G D F G
They shot him in the back... now it's a crime to be black...
D F G D F G
So don't act surprised... when it gets vandalized...
[chorus]
F G F G
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
F G D F G D F G
Call it what... it... is... murder
[Verse 2]
D F G D F G D F G D
There's good cops... bad cops... white cops... black cops...
[chorus]
F G F G
You got to call it what it is, call it what it is,
F G D F G D F G
Call it what... it... is... murder
[Verse 3]
D F G D F G D F G D F G
Trayvon Martin... Ezell Ford... Michael Brown... and so many, many more...
[chorus]
G F G F G D F G D F G
Call it what it is, call it what it is, call it what... it... is... murder
[Verse 4]
D F G D F G
Government... ain't easy...
D F G D F G
Policing... ain't easy...
D F G D F G
Hard times... ain't easy...
D F G D F G D F G D F G
O-ppression... ain't easy... racism... ain't easy...
D F G D F G D
Fear... ain't easy... suffer-ing ain't easy
[chorus]
F G F G
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
F G D F G D F G
Call it what... it... is... murder ...murder
[Verse 5]
D F G D F G
Gun control... mind control...
D F G D
Self-control... we've dug ourselves a hole
[chorus]
F G F G
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
F G D F G D F G
Call it what... it... is... murder
F G F G
You got to call it what it is, call it what it is,
F G D F G D F G
Call it what... it... is... murder
F G F G
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
F G D F G D F G
Call it what... it... is... murder
Notes, use barre chords on the “call it what it is…” chorus section and slide the barre chord
from the F to the G shape in one action then strum on the G shape
(fast count 1,2,3,4,5) F to G, G, G, G,
1 2 3 4 5
Rather than playing the chords you can use a slide or pick
as follows or have one guitar play chords and a second play the slide
[Verses]
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-12/14-12-10-------------10-12-10-|
D|-------------10-10/12~-12---------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
[chorus] x3 x1 x2
E|----------------||-----------------||----------------------------------||
B|----------------||-----------------||----------------------------------||
G|-10/12-12-12-12-||--12--12--12-/10-||-12/14-12-10-------------10-12-10-||
D|----------------||-----------------||-------------10-10/12~-12---------||
A|----------------||-----------------||----------------------------------||
E|----------------||-----------------||----------------------------------||
