Blood And Bones

| D#m | D#m | D#m | D#m | 3x D#m Blood and bones are what we're made of C# G# Not enough steel to reconcile A# D#m Crying out into the darkness C# G# One sure way to feel alive A# D#m Demon mouths lined with halos C# G# Thinly veiled, but no surprise A# D#m Rest assured, a welcomed surplus C# G# G#m Of systematic lies | D#m | D#m | D#m | D#m | D#m This child ain't mine but my hands are tied C# D#m She's a life of bounty, and her skin is white D#m Under my care she'll play and thrive C# B D#m In a few years, I'll be cast aside D#m I was once a noble daughter C# D#m Our kingdom spanned the breadth of Ghana D#m But I was captured for the silver C# B D#m Sent across the sea to a land unknown D#m Our rival sold me to some white men C# D#m Skin as though it came from heaven D#m When they bound us to their will C# B D#m They trapped themselves in hell as well D#m Blood and bones are what we're made of C# G# Not enough steel to reconcile A# D#m Crying out into the darkness C# G# One sure way to feel alive A# D#m Demon mouths lined with halos C# G# Thinly veiled, but no surprise A# D#m Rest assured, a welcomed surplus C# G# G#m Of systematic lies | D#m | D#m | D#m | D#m | D#m One brother white, the other black C# D#m One brother loved and the other's trash? D#m One brother kept, the other sold C# B D#m Kinship denied is kinship still D#m Bred in bone and bathed in blood C# D#m Two brothers begged for light and love D#m White father twisting his own soul C# B D#m To deny what all must know D#m Blood and bones are what we're made of C# G# Not enough steel to reconcile A# D#m Crying out into the darkness C# G# One sure way to feel alive A# D#m Demon mouths lined with halos C# G# Thinly veiled, but no surprise A# D#m Rest assured, a welcomed surplus C# G# G#m D#m Of systematic lies D#m Blood and bones are what we're made of C# G# Not enough steel to reconcile A# D#m Crying out into the darkness C# G# One sure way to feel alive A# D#m Demon mouths lined with halos C# G# But its's no surprise A# D#m Rest assured, a surplus C# G# G#m G# G#m D#m Of systematic lies