Tonalidad: G major
Verse 1
G
New Thanksgiving Feast
C
We traced our hands and
D
made paper cutouts
G
We pasted feathers on
Em
And we would shout out
C
I made a turkey
D
I made a headdress
G
I made a pilgrim's hat
Em
C
Then it was recess
D
And the bell would ring
We'd run into the streets called
Em
Iroquois, Council Rock, Cayuga
D
Those street signs hid the truth though
Verse 2
D
the football on
It felt like family
G
We'd eat the most we could
Em
Pass out in front of the TV
C
D
Grandma and grandpa
They were from Russia
G
They wouldn't talk about
Em
What it was like though
C
D
I think they would have died
If they had never tried
Em
To come here
D
Another family knowin' that fear
Verse 3
D
C
D
Now I think about the
G
English- Irish Servants
C
D
G
Africans they drug across in chains
C
D
Chinese and Italian families
G
Em
riding on the waves
C
D
While along the pitch pine highway
G
C
D
Em
Near Plymouth Beach
C
D
A Wampanoag fights to keep
G
Em
his right to fish the sea
C
D
A Wampanoag fights to keep his
G
Em
right to fish the sea
C
D
When we all meet our Creator
G
C
D
Em
C
Which will it be?
D
G
Em
Paper cutouts and hollow shells
D
Em
Or a new Thanksgiving feast
D
Em
Or a new Thanksgiving feast
Verse 4
Em
C
D
Out on an icy plain
G
Wrapped in blankets and beads
Elders with weathered faces
Em
Faces that read like history
C
D
Say a prayer for all of those
G
who've come to stand
Em
And a prayer for those firing water cannons
D
It is a prayer for
C
While on a football field
Verse 5
D
G
A man refuses to rise
Em
To salute a country that
would let his people die
C
D
And though the rage and fear
Swirl around him like a
G
twister
Em
He's committed to his
C
brothers and his sisters
D
He's made a choice he knows
Em
So peacefully he sits there
C
Verse 6
D
G
While along the chilly streets of Boston,
C
D
G
Charlotte, Seattle and DC
C
D
People pouring out in numbers
G
Em
never seen before
C
D
G
When we come to face our shadows
C
D
Em
Shadows too angry to ignore
C
D
Are we gonna tell ourselves
G
Em
it's down to eitheror?
D
C
Or will we finally realize we're meant
for something more?
D
G
When we all meet our Creator
C
D
Em
Which will it be?
C
D
Towing the lines,
G
Em
pretending we're blind
D
Em
Or a new Thanksgiving feast
D
G
Or a new Thanksgiving feast
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