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We Shall Overcome

Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome (BBC Television Theatre, London - June 5, 1965)

Songwriter/Composer/Translator Reverend Charles Tindley
To play in D, place capo on 2nd fret.

C        F   C
We shall overcome
         F   C
We shall overcome
         F G Am   D    G D G
We shall overcome some day

D G C    F     C
Oh, deep in my heart
F G    Am
I do believe
 C        F   C    G    C
We shall overcome some day

C          F       C
We'll walk hand in hand
           F       C
We'll walk hand in hand
           F    G  Am   D    G D G
We'll walk hand in hand some day

D G C    F     C
Oh, deep in my heart
F G    Am
I do believe
C         F   C    G    C
We shall overcome some day

C        F      C
We shall all be free
         F      C
We shall all be free
         F   G  Am   D    G D G
We shall all be free some day

D G C    F     C
Oh, deep in my heart
F G    Am
I do believe
C         F   C    G    C
We shall overcome some day

C      F    C
We are not afraid
       F    C
We are not afraid
       F   G Am   D    G D G
We are not afraid some day

D G C    F     C
Oh, deep in my heart
F G    Am
I do believe
C         F   C    G    C
We shall overcome some day

C      F    C
We are not alone
       F    C
We are not alone
       F   G Am  D    G D G
We are not alone some day

D G C    F     C
Oh, deep in my heart
F G    Am
I do believe
C         F   C    G    C
We shall overcome some day
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