Indigo Girls - Become you

I h^Emeard you sing a rebel song, ^{G D} sun^Emg it loud and all alone. ^{G D} We ^Emcan't afford the things you save, ^{G D} we ^Emcan't afford the warranty. ^{G D} I s^Bmee you walking in the glare do^Bmwn the county roa^Ad we share. Our s^Bmouthern blood, my heresy, A. Bm damn that ol' confederacy.

^GIt took a lo^Dng time to ^Ambecome the thing^C I am to y^Dou. ^GAnd you won't tear^D it apart ^Am without a fi^Cght, with^Dout a heart.

I'm^Em sorry for what you have learned, ^{G D} whe^Emn you feel the tables turn. ^{G D} To ^Emrun so hard in your race, ^{G D} now^Em you find who set the pace. ^{G D} The lan^Bmded aristocracy ^Aexploiting all your enm^Bmity. ^BmAll your daddies fought in vain, ^Aleave you with the mark^Bm of Cain.

^GIt took a lo^Dng time to ^Ambecome the thing^C I am to y^Dou. ^GAnd you won't tear^D it apart ^Am without a fi^Cght, with^Dout a heart. ^GIt took a lo^Dng time to ^Ambecome you^C, bec^Dome you. G D Am C D x2

T^Emhe center holds, so they say. ^{G D} I^Emt never held too well for me. ^{G D} I^Em won't stop short for common ground ^{G D} t^Emhat vilifies the trodden down. ^{G D Bm}The center held the bonded slave ^Afor the sake of^Bm industry. ^BmThe center held the bloody hand ^Aof the execu^Bmtioner man.

^GIt took a lo^Dng time to ^Ambecome the thing^C I am to y^Dou. ^GAnd you won't tear^D it apart ^Am without a fi^Cght, with^Dout a heart. ^GIt took a lo^Dng time to ^Ambecome you^C, bec^Dome you.