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     G   G2  A   A2  D   D2
e|---3---3---5---X---X---2---|
B|---3---3---5---2---X---2---|
G|---4---0---6---2---7---3---|
D|---5---0---7---2---7---0---|
A|---5---2---7---0---5---0---|
E|---3---3---5---X---X---X---|

*NOTE: /=# of times chord is hit
       F=full bend

INTRO
   e|-----------------|
   B|-----------------|
   G|-----------------|
   D|-7-7-5-5-4-4-----|
   A|-------------7-7-|
   E|-----------------|
A A   A A A A A A A A

CHORUS

D       G
I saw a new generation coming
D         G
Under the smoke over Oakland
D              G
In and out the streets are breathing
D         G
Under the smoke over Oakland

VERSE (ska strumming)

A
Chaos disorder looting and loiter
       G                          D
From a blind man praying for some silence (for some silence)
          A
???Take a loot on the moon not a foot in the room???
          G                          D
My best intentions always ended in a fight (in a fight)
        A
You can send me to hell expose me I'll tell
        G                         D
Take control and say what they're doing (what they're doing)
A
Two-fifty dead the tribune read
A  A     AAAAA A A  AA  A A   A A
Oakland's      going off like a bomb!

CHORUS AGAIN

VERSE 2 (ska strumming)

A
Armageddon is coming so you better start running
          G                         D                     
Cause the big wave is coming to the shore (to the shore)
A                                      G                    D
No surprise you see thru the lies of a system rotten to the core (to the core)
A
High tech surveilence paranoia and violence
G                     D
Keeping the city at a calm (at a calm)
A
Two-fifty dead the tribune read
A  A     AAAAA A A  AA  A A   A A
Oakland's      going off like a bomb!

CHORUS AGAIN

BRIDGE

D2...G2...     A2...      D2...
Man    it just don't seem right
G2...A2...D2...                                 G2...      A...
            Every time I turn I around it's the same story and it's like
D2...                    G2...A2...
It just don't seem right
      D2... G2...A2          D2////////////////
And I wonder     is it gonna end?         Hit it!

VERSE 3 (ska strumming)

A
Knocking down the doors slogans on the walls
    G                        D
One said fight back yeah the system will fall
A
Police came out with tear gas and flames
G                         D
Chaos in the city beating them at the game
A
Don't pay the poll tax the headlines read
G                   D
Thirty cops beaten another one dead
A
The fight lasted on to the break of night
A/////////////////////////////////////////////////
A thousand angry looters who knew they were right!

CHORUS AGAIN

SOLO
e|----55----55----55----55----55----55----55----5--5--5--------|
B|----55----55----55----55----55----55----55----5--5--5--------|
G|-7F----7F----7F----7F----7F----7F----7F----7F-7F-7F-7F-7-5---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------7-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS AGAIN

OUTRO
                                          D   (end)
e|-10-------------------------------------X-|
B|-10------10-----10---10--10-10-10-------X-|
G|-12F-12F----12F-------------------12-10-7-|
D|----------------------------------------7-|
A|----------------------------------------5-|
E|----------------------------------------X-|