The Boy From The Plantation

Eb Am
N.C.

[Instrumental]
F Em x2

[Verse 1]
F
  I knew when I cradled you
       Em                   G
  That you were gonna shine
  F
  As your hand held so tightly
          Em                  G
  Forever I thought onto mine
F
  When you'd cry I'd wrap you in a blanket
  Em                    G
  And sing you my songs
F
  All I knew to right the wrongs
     Em                E
  As we held onto love
                  Eb
  As we held onto love

[Chorus]
Em G Am                         F
     Victor Lidio Jara Martínez
         C                                              Em
     The boy from the plantation they could not repress
         Am                                        F
     Who strummed and sung to dreams and injustice
     C                          Em
     Victor Lidio Jara Martínez

[Instrumental]
F Dm F Em

[Verse 2]
F
  I descended into hell
  Em                     G
  When I lost your smile
F
  But I was always there
  Em            G
  Even in exile
F
  In the cadence of the wind
      Em                     G
  Its throat in your strings
F
  Its lungs upon your tongue
         Em                 G
  Rivers of us join and run
                Eb
  They join and run

[Chorus]
Em G Am                         F
     Victor Lidio Jara Martínez
         C                                              Em
     The boy from the plantation they could not repress
         Am                                        F
     Who strummed and sung to dreams and injustice
     C                          Em
     Victor Lidio Jara Martínez

[Instrumental]
F G F G

[Chorus]
Am                         F
Victor Lidio Jara Martínez
    C                                              Em
The boy from the plantation they could not repress
        Am                                        F
Oh, who strummed and sung to dreams and injustice
C                          Em
Victor Lidio Jara Martínez