A D B D C# B A (x3)
[A] [D] [E]
If [A]I had nickel [E]for
Every single [F#]time I've tried to classify the [D]populace around me with a [A]word,
Or a catchy [E]phrase,
I could quit my [F#]job for good and play Nintendo un[D]til my fingures ached.
[E]Am I an [F#]idiot, too [D]lazy to think [A]twice?
[E]I point the [F#]finger, but I [D]can't take my [A]own advise.
[E]I put a [F#]name on something [D]and ever [A]since,
[E]I've made an [F#]art of building my [D]counterfeit in[A]telligence.
Seemingly to [E]me,
I am strighte[F#]ning a word of cluttered thoughts [D]and debris inside my [A]head,
But I think ins[E]tead
I am preju[F#]diced and I give people names to [D]make me feel safe.
[E]Am I an [F#]idiot, too [D]lazy to think [A]twice?
[E]I point the [F#]finger, but I [D]can't take my [A]own advise.
[E]I put a [F#]name on something [D]and ever [A]since,
[E]I've made an [F#]art of building my [D]counterfeit in[A]telligence.
[A]How does it [D]feel, what does it [B]take to make me [D]understand[C#]?[B]
[A]If I could [D]only walk a [B]mile in the [D]shoes[C#] [B] [A] of another man.
If [D]I could [B]look out through his [D]ey[C#]es[B][A]
And know what it means to [D]bleed the same red [E]blood that I do.
A E D B (x4) A E D B A E D E
A E D E (x2)
[A]What is eco[D]nomic status, and [B]tell me what is [D]ra[C#]ce?[B]
[A]Who decides to [D]classify tax[B]onomy of [D]gr[C#]ace[B]?
[A]If one man gets less [D]than another, [B]it is [D]tr[C#]ue,[B]
[A]That he is all that [D]different, that [E]he is less than [A]you?
[A] [D] [E]
If [A]I had nickel [E]for
Every single [F#]time I've tried to classify the [D]populace around me with a [A]word,
Or a catchy [E]phrase,
I could quit my [F#]job for good and play Nintendo un[D]til my fingures ached.
[E]Am I an [F#]idiot, too [D]lazy to think [A]twice?
[E]I point the [F#]finger, but I [D]can't take my [A]own advise.
[E]I put a [F#]name on something [D]and ever [A]since,
[E]I've made an [F#]art of building my [D]counterfeit in[A]telligence.
Seemingly to [E]me,
I am strighte[F#]ning a word of cluttered thoughts [D]and debris inside my [A]head,
But I think ins[E]tead
I am preju[F#]diced and I give people names to [D]make me feel safe.
[E]Am I an [F#]idiot, too [D]lazy to think [A]twice?
[E]I point the [F#]finger, but I [D]can't take my [A]own advise.
[E]I put a [F#]name on something [D]and ever [A]since,
[E]I've made an [F#]art of building my [D]counterfeit in[A]telligence.
[A]How does it [D]feel, what does it [B]take to make me [D]understand[C#]?[B]
[A]If I could [D]only walk a [B]mile in the [D]shoes[C#] [B] [A] of another man.
If [D]I could [B]look out through his [D]ey[C#]es[B][A]
And know what it means to [D]bleed the same red [E]blood that I do.
A E D B (x4) A E D B A E D E
A E D E (x2)
[A]What is eco[D]nomic status, and [B]tell me what is [D]ra[C#]ce?[B]
[A]Who decides to [D]classify tax[B]onomy of [D]gr[C#]ace[B]?
[A]If one man gets less [D]than another, [B]it is [D]tr[C#]ue,[B]
[A]That he is all that [D]different, that [E]he is less than [A]you?
