Statue Of Liberty Tab de uke por Burning Spear

C
In the early fifties and sixties and
Seventies
         C
America stretched forth her hands
And welcome us all
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Yes we built and now they refuse us
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Yes we can clean it and now they refuse us
         F               Dm
Yes they lie to us, they su su su

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Yes we been there with good intention
    F                     Dm
Yes we been there with a working
Intention
    F                    Dm
Yes we been there with a educational
Intention
  F
Yes we been there
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So many different nationalities been
      F
there too
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Never been treated like we do
G                          F
Never been handled like we do
G                               F
Never been talked about like we do

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We have a no intention to bomb threat
G                F
No intention to hijacking
G                F
No intention to hostage holding

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Statue of Liberty light up your torch
           C
So we can see
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G
If it is a international problem
          F
We want to see
G               
It it is a political problem
           F
We want to see
G
If it is a island problem
            F
We want to see
              G
If it is a continental problem
           F
We want to see

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      G                        F
If I am right than I should be right
        G              F
If I am wrong no argument
 G                           F
Remember people the statue stand
    G                    F
For equal rights and justice


Chorus

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We were picking apples many years ago
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Picking grapes many years ago
G                         F 
Hospital workers many years ago
G                         F 
Housekeepers many years ago

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It's not like we begging or demanding Anything
G                                     F 
It's not like we begging or demanding Anything
G               F 
It's just an example
G               F 
It's just an example

Chorus

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In the forties and the fifties no one
     F
Was fair
      G                        F
In the sixties people start to share
        G                 F
In the seventies we were there
       G                        F
In the nineties immigration get scared

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