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