A
He was seventeen when he crossed state lines
    A
Not old enough to drink, barely old enough to drive
   E
A youth self-deputized, he took the lives
     E
Of two
     A
But he won't be remembered for domesticated terror
    A
It don't fit the agenda if your skin can get no fairer,
  E
blue,
                                                   E
The colour of his eyes and the lives he's sworn onto



[Chorus]
B        F#m      A    E
You were once a child too
      B    F#m         A    E
Make no mistakе, make no excuse
          E       F#m         A      E
From thе highest branch down to the roots
    F#m                   A
Dig up the seeds we've so-own
F#m                A           E
Hatred has always been - homegrown



[Verse 2]
    A
We publicize the names of the slayer not the slain
       A
And illuminate the way for more from where he came
       E                                                   E
False gods on a network wage that are never gonna pay the cost



[Chorus]

B        F#m         A       E
Who were once just children too
      B    F#m         A    E
Make no mistakе, make no excuse
          E       F#m         A      E
From thе highest branch down to the roots
    F#m                   A
Dig up the seeds we've so-own
F#m                A           E
Hatred has always been - homegrown



[Instrumental Break]



[Verse 3]
    A
We view an execution from the comfort of our homes
      A
Due process rendered useless on the curbside of a road
       E                                           E
Hear pleas from humanity to a brute with an iron knee



[Chorus]
B         F#m       A    E
But he was once a child too
      B    F#m         A    E
Make no mistakе, make no excuse
          E       F#m         A      E
From thе highest branch down to the roots
    F#m                   A
Dig up the seeds we've so-own
F#m                A           E
Hatred has always been - homegrown