Yes, we can (video)

G - B - Em - C

G B

1. It was a creed written into the founding documents

Em C

that declared the destiny of a nation, yes, we can.

G B

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists,

Em C

as they blazed a trail toward freedom. Yes, we can. Yes, we can.

G B Em

It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores

C G

and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.

B

Oh, yes we can.

Em

2. It was the call of workers who organized;

C

women who reached for the ballots;

G

a President who chose the moon as our new frontier;

B

and a King who took us to the mountaintop,

Em

and pointed the way to the Promised Land.

C

Yes, we can to justice and equality.

G B Em C

Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can.

G B Em C

Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can.

G Bm

3. Yes, we can to opportunity and prosperity.

Em C

Yes, we can to opportunity and prosperity.

G - B

Yes, we can heal this nation (heal this nation) !

Em - C

Yes, we can repair this world (repair this world) !

G B Em C

Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can.

G B Em C

Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can.

G B

4. We know the battle ahead will be long,

Em C

but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way,

G B Em

Nothing can stand in the way of the power

C

of millions of voices calling for change.

G B

We want change. We want change. We want change. We want change.

Em C

We want change. We want change. We want change. We want change.

Am - C G

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics,

they will only grow louder and more dissonant.

Am C

We've been asked to pause for a reality check.

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We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.

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But in the unlikely story that is America,

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there has never been anything false about hope.

G B Em C

I want change. I want change. I want change. I want change.

G B Em

5. Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon

C G

are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA;

B

we will remember that there is something happening in America;

Em C

that we are not as divided as our politics suggests;

G B

that we are one people; we are one nation;

Em C

and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story,

G B

with three words that will ring from coast to coast;

Em C

from sea to shining sea : Yes, we can !

G B Em C

Yes. We. Can. Yes. We. Can. Yes. We. Can. Yes. We. Can.

G B Em C

Yes. We. Can. Yes. We. Can. Yes. We. Can. Yes. We. Can.

+ G - B - Em - C ....

(Obama et al.)