G   C   Dm/F    C             (4x)


[Verse 1]
G
You don't have to look too hard
                          Am    Am7   Am  Am7
To see the future in that old woman's eyes
D
Her son's broken
              G
And his son's close behind


[Verse 2]
G
Disappointment's on her face
                               Am  Am7  Am Am7
She's been walking through a reoccurring dream
D
Races, hatred.
        G
This is what it mean


[Chorus]
     C
And every time she witnesses
                                 G
The violence in the streets she reaches for the cross
G
Bows her head and then she pleads
F                Em
Let the spell be broken
          G
Break its hold on our minds
       D
Let it pass from our lives
F                Em
Let the spell be broken
      C
Every heart beats the same
             D
So how much longer will it take?


[Instrumental]
G     C     Dm/F    C (2x)


[Verse 3]
G
Neighbourhoods are burnin' down
G
And when they're gone
                 Am
There's still a line in the dust
D
Your side. My side.
                  G
Ain't things bad enough


[Chorus]
     C
'Cause everyone's victim
                                  G 
of the violence in the street and every mother knows
G
About the sorrow that it breeds
   F                Em
So let the spell be broken
          G
Break its hold on our minds
       D
Let it pass from our lives
F                Em
Let the spell be broken
      C
Every heart beats the same
            D
So how much longer will it take?
          C     D    G
Till it's over. Over yeah.


[Instrumental]
G      C       Dm/F    C
G      C       Dm/F    C
                          Let the spell be broken
G      C       Dm/F    C
                          Let the spell be broken

[Chorus]
  C
'Cause everyone's a victim
                                  G
Of the violence in the street and every mother knows
G
About the sorrow that it breeds
   F                Em
So let the spell be broken
          C
Break its hold on our minds
       D
Let it pass from our lives
 F               Em
Let the spell be broken
      C
Every heart beats the same
            D
So how much longer will it take?
  F              Em
Let the spell be broken
          C
Break its hold on our minds
       D
Let it pass from our lives

F                Em
Let the spell be broken…..(3x)