G Em Am Em Gm F# Bm Em
Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Em7
Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Em7
[Verse 1]
Bm7 Em7
I was born to two immigrants
Bm7 Em7 Bm7
Who know why they were here
Em7
They were happy to pay taxes
Bm7
For the schools and roads
Em7
Happy to be here
Bm7 Em7
They took it seriously
Bm7 Em7
Just like a job of citizenry
Bm7 Em7
My mother went campaigning door to door
Bm7 Em
And holding to her hand was me
[Chorus]
G F#7
Cause I was just a girl in a room full of women
E
Licking stamps and laughing
G F#
I remember the feeling of community blooming
E
Of democracy happening
[Interlude]
Bm7 Em7 Bm Em
Bm Em Bm Em7
[Verse 2]
Bm7 Em7
But I suppose like anybody
Bm7 Em7
I had to teach myself to see
Bm7 Em7
All that stuff that got lost
Em7
On its way to church
Bm7 Em7
All that stuff that got lost
Em7
On its way to school
Bm7 Em7
All that stuff that got lost
Bm
On its way to the house of my family
Em Bm7 Em
All that stuff that was not lost on me
[Chorus]
G
Teach myself to see each of us
F#7
Through the lens of forgiveness
E
Like we're stuck with each other (god forbid!)
G F#
Teach myself to smile and stop and talk
E
To a whole other color kid
G
Teach myself to be new in an instant
F# E7
Like the truth is accessible at any time
G F#
Teach myself it's never really one or the other
E
There's a paradox in every paradigm
[Guitar Solo]
Bm Em Bm Em
Bm Em Bm Em
Bm Em Bm Em
Bm Em Bm Em
[Chorus]
G F#7
I was just a girl in a room full of women
E
Licking stamps and laughing
G F#
I remember the feeling of community brewing
E
Of democracy happening
[Interlude]
Bm Em Bm Em
Bm7 Em Bm7 Em
Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Em7
Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Em7
