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