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...
