Intro
Aadd4 F Dadd4 Aadd4 F Dadd4 Aadd4 F
C F C A# C F C A# C
[Verse]
F
Time stops when the whispers blare
N.C.
The voices drop hard, but the eyes still stare
Gm
The world resolves into a death's head grin
A# F
Because I walk with pride with a black girlfriend
[Interlude]
F C A# C
[Verse]
F C A# C F
My mom said not to bring her around
C A# C F
'Cause she's black my family would put her down
C A# C Gm
I'll break the white-trash ties that bind
A# F C A# C
Trade a love so pure for a hate so blind
[Chorus]
Gm Dm
...She said
Gm Dm
...She said
A# F C F
Forget the fact that I don't look like you
Gm Dm
...She said
Gm Dm
...She said
A# C
You're possessed with a power
F
Bigger than the pain
[Solo]
F C A# C (x5)
Gm Dm A# A#/A Gm C F
Aadd4 F (x3)
C
{Verse]
F C A# C F
Time stops when we lie so close
C A# C F
In my room where we share what no one knows
C A#
From the day that we start
C Gm
Until the day that we end
A# Gm
I know I know I know now
A# C F C A#
We will never find a place where we can just fit in
C F C
Me and my black girlfriend
A# C
Whoa!
[Chorus]
Gm Dm
...She said
Gm Dm
...She said
A# F C F
Fend for yourself, you're alone
Gm Dm
...She said
Gm Dm
...She said
A# C
You're possessed with a power
F C A#
Bigger than the pain
C F C
G power bigger than the pain
A# C Gm
Heartspark dollarsign
A# C F
Heartspark dollarsign