Streets Of Minneapolis - Bruce Springsteen (Verse 1) C F C Through the winter’s ice and cold, down Nicollet Avenue F C G A city aflame fought fire and ice, neath an occupier’s boots C F C King Trump’s private army from the DHS, guns belted to their coats F C G C Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law, or so their story goes. (Verse 2) C F C Against smoke and rubber bullets, by the dawn’s early light F C G Citizens stood for justice, their voices ringing through the night C F C And there were bloody footprints where mercy should have stood F C G C And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets, Alex Pretti and Renee Good. |(Chorus) | F C |Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice singing through the bloody mist | F C |We’ll take our stand for this land and the stranger in our midst |F C |Here in our home they killed and roamed in the winter of ’26 | C G C |We’ll remember the names of those who died on the streets of Minneapolis. (Verse 3) C F C Trump’s federal thugs beat up on his face and on his chest F C G Then we heard the gunshots and Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead. C F C Their claim was self defense sir, just don’t believe your eyes F C G C It’s our blood and bones and these whistles and phones against Miller & Noem’s dirty lies. |(Chorus) (Verse 4) C F C Now they say they’re here to uphold the law, but they trample on our rights F C G If your skin is black or brown my friend, you can be questioned or deported on sight. C F C In chants of “ICE out now”, our city’s heart and soul persists F C G C Through broken glass and bloody tears on the streets of Minneapolis. |(Chorus) (NB Original for guitar is in drop D tuning, but I think this works on uke) (Added by Rodger Bangor Ukes March ‘26)