Prejudice

Em
In our modern free spoken society
            D
There is a word that we still hold 
taboo
   C                             
A word with a terrible history of 
        D
being used to abuse oppress and 
subdue
Em                                
Just six seemingly harmless 
     D
letters arranged in a way that will 
form a word
            C                      
With more power than the pieces of 
                 B
metal that are forged to make swords
            C               D     
A couple of G's an R and an E an I
       Em
 and an N
                  C                
Just six little letters all jumbled
    D                   B
 together have caused damage that we
 may never mend
Em                           
And it's important that we all 
               D
respect that if these people should 
happen to choose to
C                              
Reclaim the word as their own it 
           D
doesn't mean the rest of you have a 
right to it's use
Em                           D
So never under estimate the power 
that language imparts
C                              
Sticks and stones may break your 
             B
bones but words can break hearts
                 C              
A couple of G's; geez unless you 
have had to live it, an R and an E; 
  D
even I am careful with it
            Em                     
An I and an aNd in the end it will 
 D                 C
only offend don't want to have to 
spell
        B
it out again

[Instrumental]
Em D C B D Em (x2)

[Chorus]
Em            D             
Only a ginger can call another 
            C     B  D
ginger ginger
Em            D             
Only a ginger can call another 
            C     B  D
ginger ginger
     C
So listen to me if you care for your
 health
     D                           
You wont call me ginger less your 
   B
ginger yourself
Em            D             
Only a ginger can call another 
            C     B
ginger ginger

[Verse]
Em                              G
When you are a ginger life is pretty
 hard
C7                            
Years of ritual bullying in the 
     F
school yard
Em                          G
Kids calling you ranga and fanta 
pants
C7                     F
No invitation to the high school 
dance
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         Em                     
But you get up and learn to hold 
       G
your head up
     C7                          
You try to keep your cool and not 
       F
get fed up
     Em                        
But until the feeling of ill is 
        G
truly let up
         C7                      
Then the word is ours and ours alone
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 don't you know

[Chorus]
Em            D             
Only a ginger can call another 
            C  B  D
ginger ginger
Em            D             
Only a ginger can call another 
            C  B  D
ginger ginger
C
So if you call us ginge we just 
might come unhinged
D                                 
If you don't have a fringe with at
                      Bb7
 least a tinge of the ginge in it
Em            D             
Only a ginger can call another 
            C  B
ginger ginger

[Verse]
Em                                
Now listen to me we're not looking
   G
 for sympathy
C7                              
Just because we are sensitive to
Fsus4 F
 UV
Em                                G
Just ‘cause we're pathetically pale
C7                           F
We do alright with the females
Em                                
Yeah I like to ask the ladies 
       G
round for ginger beer
C7                           
And soon they're running their 
                      F
fingers through my ginger beard
Em                            
And dunking my ginger nuts into 
         G
their ginger tea
C7                           
And asking if they can call me 
    G
ginge, And I say I don't think 
that's appropriate
Em                    D          
Cus only a ginger can call 
         C      B     D
another ginger ginger
Em                     D         
Only a ginga can call another 
      C         B     D
ginga ginga
C                                 
And all the ladies agree it's a 
   D
fact once you've gone ginge you 
can't go back
Em                      D   
Only a ginger can call another 
              C        B
ginger ginger
Yeah go ginge go you funky ginge
 Em                           G
Yeah you can call us bozo or fire 
truck
             C7                    
You can even call us carrot top or 
Bb    F
blood nut
Em                                
Yeah you can call us match stick 
   G
or tampon
     C7                         D
But f**king with the G word is just 
not on
Em                             
If you're a ginger-phobe and you 
        G
don't like us
C7                                
You gonna stand up to the fight if
            F
 you want to fight us
Em
But if you cut yourself you might 
catch gingervitus
    G                           D 
So maybe you should shut your 
     F F# Gm
funky mouth

[Chorus]
Gm                  F       
Only a ginger can call another 
            Eb   D
ginger ginger
Gm                  F       
Only a ginger can call another 
            Eb   D
ginger ginger
Eb
So if you call us ginge you can't 
winge if your injured

[Verse]
        F
If you don't have a tinge of the 
ginge in your minge
Gm                 F        
Only a ginger can call another 
            Eb  D
ginger ginger yeah
Eb
And you know my kids will always be 
clothed and fed
Gm6
Cus papa's going to be bringing home
 the ginger bread
F
And they'll be pretty smart because 
they'll be well read
        G                      
And by read I mean read and the 
                 Asus2
other kind of red wooo

[Chorus]
Am           G              
Only a ginger can call another 
           F           E
ginger ginger wooo
Am           G                   
Only a ginga can call another 
    F         E
ginga ginga
Am                     G         
Just like only a ninja can sneak 
         F        E
up on another ninja
     Am             G            
Yeah only a ginger only a ginger 
F                 E
only a ginger yeah
F
Are you listen-inga I'm not pointing
 the finga
                  G
I'm just having a singa
               E
I'm just reminding ya

[Other]
    E  C   A  D   B    G    C 
But only  a  ginger  can  call
    A G  E    Ab  B        C   A
  another ginger      Ginger