They don’t care about us    (video)    (intro)    (midi)

 

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    All I wanna say is that they really don’t care about us. (4x)

 

    (percussion)

 

     Dm                               C

    Skin head, dead head, everybody gone bad,

    Dm                               C

    situation, aggravation, everybody allegation.

   Dm                                     C

    In the suite, on the news, everybody dog food,

    Dm                                   C

    bang bang, shock dead, everybody's gone mad.

 

Bb                                  C                                      Dm

All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us !  (2x)

 

     Dm                          C

    Beat me, hate me, you can never break me,

    Dm                       C

    will me, thrill me, you can never kill me.

   Dm                       C

    Do me, sue me, everybody do me,

    Dm                           C

    kick me, strike me, don't you black or white me !

 

Bb                                  C                                      Dm

All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us !  (2x)

 

   Dm                                  C              

1.      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   A

    I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy. Set me free !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Dm                               C

    Skin head, dead head, everybody gone bad,

    Dm                                  C

    trepidation, speculation, everybody allegation.

   Dm                                     C

    In the suite, on the news, everybody dog food,

     Dm                                 C

    black man, black mail, throw your brother in jail.

 

Bb                                  C                                      Dm

All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us !  (2x)

 

  Dm                                  C

2.    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 !

 

     Dm                               C

    Skin head, dead head, everybody gone bad,

   Dm                                C

    situation, speculation, everybody litigation.

 

     Dm                           C

    Beat me, bash me, you can never trash me,

   Dm                       C

    hit me, kick me, you can never get me !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bb                                  C                                      Dm

All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us !  (2x)

 

 

+ Dm - C - Dm - C (2x)  + Dm - C - Dm - C (2x)   + Dm - C

 

Bb                         C                          Dm

    Some things in life they just don't wanna see,

               Gm                                     A7

    but if Martin Luther was livin' he wouldn't let this be.

 

     Dm                               C

    Skin head, dead head, everybody gone bad,

   Dm                                C

    situation, segregation, everybody allegation.

  Dm                                      C

    In the suite, on the news, everybody dog food,

    Dm                           C

    kick me, strike me, don't you wrong or right me !

 

Bb                                  C                                      Dm

All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us !  (3x)

Bb                                   C

All I wanna say ist that they don’t really care ... (2x)

Bb                                  C                                      Dm

All I wanna say is that they don't really care about us ! 

 

+ Dm - C - Dm - C ….

 

    (Michael Jackson)