Lyrics

Intro for “We Shall Overcome” as sung by Diana Ross on July 30th 1996 at the Puskás Ferenc Stadion in Budapest, Hungary.

Bb / Dm /
Gm / Eb /
F / Eb / (Dm)
Gm / Bb F X2

Eb / F / Bb

Deep in my heart
I do believe
Someday we'll all be free
Someday we'll all be free

I may not know
How long it'll be
Someday we'll all be free
Someday we'll all be free
Someday we'll all be free

Hold on my brother
Give me your hand
Someday we'll all be free
Someday we'll all be free

Learning to love
We'll find a way
Someday we'll all be free
Someday we'll all be free
Someday we'll all be free

"We Shall Overcome" Lyrically descended from "I'll Overcome Some Day", a hymn by Charles Albert Tindley that was first published in 1901.[1][2]
The modern version of the song was first said to have been sung by tobacco workers led by Lucille Simmons during a 1945 cigar workers strike in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1947, the song was published under the title "We Will Overcome" in an edition of the People's Songs Bulletin. It is now in the public domain.

Bb Eb Bb
We shall overcome
Bb Eb Bb
We shall overcome
Bb Eb F Gm C F C F
We shall overcome some day

C F Bb Eb Bb
Oh, deep in my heart
Eb F Gm
I do believe
Bb Eb Bb F Bb
We shall overcome some day

[Verse 2]
We'll walk hand in hand X2
We'll walk hand in hand some day

[Chorus]
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome some day

[Verse 3]
We shall all be free X2
We shall all be free some day [Chorus]

[Verse 4]
We are not afraid X2
We are not afraid some day [Chorus]

[Verse 5]
We are not alone X2
We are not alone some day [Chorus]