[Intro]
Em D  Am  C  (2x)
[Refrain]
Em         D      Am        C 
Across the lines, who would dare to go 
Em        D                Am 
Under the bridge, over the tracks 
               C 
That separates whites from blacks 
Em               D            G 
Choose sides, or run for your life 
Am          C       D 
Tonight the riots began 
Em                  D 
On back streets of America, 
Am                        C        G 
They killed the dream of America
[Strophe]
Em                                D 
Little black girl gets assaulted, ain't no reason why 
    Am                         C 
Newspaper prints the story and racist tempers fly 
     Em                      D 
Next day it starts the riot, knives and guns are drawn 
    Am                         C 
Two black boys get killed, one white boy goes blind
[Refrain]
Em         D      Am        C 
Across the lines, who would dare to go 
Em        D                Am 
Under the bridge, over the tracks 
               C 
That separates whites from blacks 
Em               D            G 
Choose sides, or run for your life 
Am          C       D 
Tonight the riots began 
Em                  D 
On back streets of America, 
Am                        C        G 
They killed the dream of America
[Strophe]
       Em                               D 
Little black girl gets assaulted, don't no-one know her name 
Am                             C 
Lots of people hurt 'n angry, she's the one to blame
[Refrain]
Em         D      Am        C 
Across the lines, who would dare to go 
Em        D                Am 
Under the bridge, over the tracks 
               C 
That separates whites from blacks 
Em               D            G 
Choose sides, or run for your life 
Am          C       D 
Tonight the riots began 
Em                  D 
On back streets of America, 
Am                        C        G 
They killed the dream of America
[Outro]
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