Intro
E B G#m F#
G#m D#m G#m D#m
E B G#m B
E Em B
[Verse 1]
G#m
We grew up into lives scrawled on back of
F# E B
Mediated maps in their lines visibly entrapped
And this birthright more like a birth mark whose area
G#m
And edges grow ragged with age.
F# E B
B malignancy untested, it consumes us anyway
E B E B F#
It consumes us anyway. It consumes us anyway
[Verse 2]
B G#m F#
I grew up near the White Shore without ever knowing that name
E B
Just how lines starkly drawn will check you in one box or another.
G#m
And in the space between past and passing, we have
F# E B
Classroom discussions of Amy Tan novels but this is personal.
E B E B F#
Family is always personal. History is always personal
[Chorus 1]
B E G#m
I will not condemn what anyone did to survive
F# B
But I will not defend a culture that makes us decide
E
To assimilate or die or that defines survival as
G#m F# B E G#m
Running as fast as you can from the places you came from
F# B E
Forgetting the things that have made us
G#m F# B E
'Til all that is left is the burning in our lungs or
F#
The pounding in our hearts that only has space for
E B
Contempt for the ones who couldn't quite make it.
[Chorus 2]
E G#m
That we are all the same: what a happy myth,
F#
Where race records become erased records
B
With time and meter to help us forget,
E
Or to take away the sting as we define survival as
G#m F# B E G#m
Running as fast as you can from the places you came from
F# B E
Forgetting the things that have made us
G#m F# B E
'Til all that is left is the burning in our lungs or
F#
The pounding in our hearts that only has space for
E
Contempt for the ones who couldn't quite make it.
[Outro]
G#m G#m
F# F# A
- 1. Chord Gitar Defiance, Ohio - The White Shore Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Defiance, Ohio - The White Shore Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan