Intro
B D E B D E
[Verse 1]
B D E B D E
They shot him in the back... now it's a crime to be black...
B D E B D E
So don't act surprised... when it gets vandalized...
[chorus]
D E D E
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
D E B D E B D E
Call it what... it... is... murder
[Verse 2]
B D E B D E B D E B
There's good cops... bad cops... white cops... black cops...
[chorus]
D E D E
You got to call it what it is, call it what it is,
D E B D E B D E
Call it what... it... is... murder
[Verse 3]
B D E B D E B D E B D E
Trayvon Martin... Ezell Ford... Michael Brown... and so many, many more...
[chorus]
E D E D E B D E B D E
Call it what it is, call it what it is, call it what... it... is... murder
[Verse 4]
B D E B D E
Government... ain't easy...
B D E B D E
Policing... ain't easy...
B D E B D E
Hard times... ain't easy...
B D E B D E B D E B D E
O-ppression... ain't easy... racism... ain't easy...
B D E B D E B
Fear... ain't easy... suffer-ing ain't easy
[chorus]
D E D E
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
D E B D E B D E
Call it what... it... is... murder ...murder
[Verse 5]
B D E B D E
Gun control... mind control...
B D E B
Self-control... we've dug ourselves a hole
[chorus]
D E D E
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
D E B D E B D E
Call it what... it... is... murder
D E D E
You got to call it what it is, call it what it is,
D E B D E B D E
Call it what... it... is... murder
D E D E
Call it what it is, call it what it is,
D E B D E B D E
Call it what... it... is... murder
Notes, use barre chords on the “call it what it is…” chorus section and slide the barre chord
from the D to the E shape in one action then strum on the E shape
(fast count 1,2,3,4,5) D to G, G, G, G,
1 2 3 4 5
Rather than playing the chords you can use a slide or pick
as follows or have one guitar play chords and a second play the slide
[Verses]
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-12/14-12-10-------------10-12-10-|
D|-------------10-10/12~-12---------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
[chorus] x3 x1 x2
E|----------------||-----------------||----------------------------------||
B|----------------||-----------------||----------------------------------||
G|-10/12-12-12-12-||--12--12--12-/10-||-12/14-12-10-------------10-12-10-||
D|----------------||-----------------||-------------10-10/12~-12---------||
A|----------------||-----------------||----------------------------------||
E|----------------||-----------------||----------------------------------||
- 1. Chord Gitar Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Call It What It Is Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Call It What It Is Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar D#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan