G F G F G F G F
G F G F G F G F N.C.

[Verse 1]
G                F                  G              F
Trouble with the world is we're too busy to think about it, all right
G              F          G                   F
Why is there a rebel flag hanging from the state house walls?
G        F                       G            F
Tired of hearin' this shit about heritage not hate
G       F                G       F
Time to make the world a better place
G           F         G     F
Why must we hate one another?
G       F               G            F
Well no matter what, we gotta live together
            G         F                      G       F
Just 'cause you don't look like me; tell me, what do you see?
        G                  F            G      F
When we pass on the street, what do you wanna see?

[Interlude]
Am C Am G  Am C  G D G

[Verse 2]
G F      G   F G        F
P.E.'s coming  is all I gotta say
G               F
Wanna turn and run away
G           F            G        F
They're just telling you how they see it
G        F                       G                   F
Right or wrong, they don't care; you wish that they would quit

[Interlude]
Am C Am G  Am F  G

[Chorus]
C   F              G       F
Drowning, in a sea of tears
C  F              G              F
Hatred, trying to hide your fears
C  F             G       F
Living, only for yourself
C  F         G                F                    G  F G F G N.C.
Hating, everybody else 'cause they don't look like you

[Verse 3]
G     F              G                 F
Nanci singing it's a hard life wherever you go
G          F          G            F
About some fat racist living in Chicago
G         F                 G         F
Trying to teach his kids to hate everyone
G             F                     G                 F
Well tell me, why is that something you wanna teach your son?

[Interlude]
Am C Am G  Am C  G D G

[Verse 4]
G           F         G      F
Why must we hate one another?
G                  F                G              F
When the people in the church, they tell me you're my brother
G         F                  G         F
You don't walk like me, said you don't talk like me
        G                  F             G
Saying "Go back to Africa," I just don't understand

[Chorus]
C   F              G       F
Drowning, in a sea of tears
C  F              G              F
Hatred, trying to hide your fears
C  F             G       F
Living, only for yourself
C  F         G                F                    G
Hating, everybody else 'cause they don't look like you

[Guitar Solo]
F G F G F G
F G F G F N.C.

[Outro]
C    F
(Drowning...)
                     G
Yeah, I'm trying to be someone that he could look up to but
C                            F
When I walk down the street, tell me what do you see?
      G
I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man
C                     F
No, I'm not like you; why do you hate me so?
        G             F
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
C  F         G                F                    C   F  G  F
Hating, everybody else 'cause they don't look like you
C    F      G  F
(Drowning...)
C  F         G                F                     C  F  G  F
Hating, everybody else 'cause they don't look like you
C   F  G  F  C
Drowning...