Intro
B E F#
B E F#
B B F# E F#
then (with ska stroke)
B F# E
B E F#
B F# E E F#
Verse
B F#
I still remember that night it was the 4th of july
G# D#
Still engraved in my mind and im not surprised
E B
Gang wars no guns hand to hand
C# F#
you're black im white hes purple but i still dont understand
B F#
im gonna be alright im gonna be ok
G# D#
everythings gonna be fine
E B
back off cause i wanna be alone
C# F#
i wanna think it out and im thinking that i wanna go home
B F#
who's laughin now
E F#
pull it off somehow
B F# G# F# E
as i passed her by, i could see her cry
E F# B E F#
and ill never forget the look that was in her eye
B F# G# F# E
and the music you know it played on and on and on
E F#
so will somebody tap her on the shoulder tell her life goes on
After that it does the second half of the intro again
then the verse again
then a little finger picking
then, with distortion
B E B F# is the main progression there