Ignorance And Privilege

G                             
I was born to ignorance yes and 
         C/G
lesser poverties
              G                D
I was born to privelige that I did 
not see
                Em               
Lack of pigment in my skin, won a 
          Am   C
free and easy in
       G              D       C/G
Didn't know it but my way was 
   G
paved

I grew up a catholic boy in a 
northeastern state
A place when asked, "Where you 
from?"
Some people tend to hesitate, reply 
a little bit late
As if maybe you didn't rate
I was born to ignorance and 
privilege

My dad ran a printing press in a tag
 and label factory
May have seen it as a child, now a 
distant memory
Almost too faint to see, dark red 
brick factory
Didn't know it but my way was paved

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We moved from a city street shortly 
after I arrived
To a house on a gravel road where I 
learned to be alive
Crawl, walk, run and ride, that's 
where I learned to come alive
Didn't know it but my way was paved

      C/G            D/A    G
If the wind is at your back
C/G            D/A    G
And you never turn around
C/G            D/A    G     F# Em
You may never know the wind is there
Am7                     D/A
You may never hear the sound

Got to grow and go to school, work 
at home and dream at night
Even be a college fool, like I had 
any right
Never went through a war, never 
Great Depression poor
Didn't know it but my way was paved

        Am                      
Nose to the grindstone, shoulder to 
D/A
the wheel
Am                     D/A
Back against the wall, maybe you 
know how it feels


[solo over verse chords G  C/G  G  D
  Em  Am  C  G  D  C/G  G]

If the wind is at your back
And you never turn around
You may never know the wind is there
You may never hear the sound

I was born to ignorance yes and 
lesser poverties
I was born to privelige that I did 
not see
Lack of pigment in my skin won a 
free and easy in
Didn't know it but my way was paved

       Am            D/A          
'cause I was born to ignorance and
   C/G   G
 privilege