| F#m  |


[Verse 1]
                       F#m      D    A
Like a shot without a warning
        E                F#m     D    A    E
Lies a life that's left behind
      F#m               D                A
And though I try, it's something I just can't unsee
      E              F#m      D    A
It's burned into my mind
       E              F#m      D    A
And I wake up in the morning
             E            F#m      D    A    E
News keeps flashing on my eyes
       F#m                D
These dying streets are bruised and beaten
     A              E
And riot flags are waving
 F#m              D
Poor and weak, we extend this streak
       A                 E
These lives we could be saving
 D
Life is cheap I sit and weep
         Bm
'Cause there's just no mistaking


[Chorus]
C#m
Oh, this is not utopia
     F#m        D          A         E
The roots, the roots, the roots of America
         F#m        D          A            E
Are the roots, the roots, the roots of hysteria
     F#m        D          A           E         F#m
The roots, the roots, the rules don't matter anymorе
  E
This is not utopia
     F#m        D          A         E
The roots, the roots, the roots of America
         F#m        D          A            E
Are the roots, the roots, the roots of hysteria
     F#m      D        A         E         F#m
And you, and you, and you don't matter anymore


[Verse 2]
                          F#m    D    A
The better angels of our nature
               E            F#m    D    A    E
Well, they've gone away to hide
    F#m      D
Brutality I can't unsee
       A                 E              F#m    D    A
These pictures are just burned into my mind
         E              F#m    D    A
It's commotion in slow motion
        E        F#m    D    A    E
It's humanity denied
   F#m                D
A violent race, punch in the face
     A                  E             F#m    D    A    E
With all this hate how can we all survive?


[Pre-Chorus]
           D
And if a change is coming
               E
What makes it take so long?
           D
And if a change is coming
              C#m      E
Why sing the same old song?


[Chorus]
  E
This is not utopia
     F#m        D          A         E
The roots, the roots, the roots of America
         F#m        D          A            E
Are the roots, the roots, the roots of hysteria
     F#m        D          A           E         F#m
The roots, the roots, the rules don't matter anymorе
  F#m
This is not utopia
     F#m        D          A         E
The roots, the roots, the roots of America
         F#m        D          A            E
Are the roots, the roots, the roots of hysteria
     F#m      D        A         E         F#m
And you, and you, and you don't matter anymore


[Post-Chorus]
  F#m
This is not utopia
     F#m        D          A         E
The roots, the roots, the roots of America
         F#m        D          A            E
Are the roots, the roots, the roots of hysteria
     F#m      D        A         E         F#m
And you, and you, and you don't matter anymore
  F#m
This is not utopia


[Outro]
        D            E
So how long must we wait?
       D             E
Until love conquers hate?
                D
And heal these hearts
                C#m   E     F#m
'Cause it all starts right here