Key: D# minor
Verse 1
Gm
Why do we hate?
We hate because we're taught to hate.
D
We hate because we're ignorant.
F
We're the product of
ignorant people
Cm
who have been taught an ignorant thing,
which is that there are four or five
different races.
Eb
There are not four
Bb
or five different races.
There's only one race on the face of the earth,
C#dim
and we're all members of that race,
the human race.
D
Gm
But we have separated people into races
D
so that some of us may
see ourselves
as superior to the others.
F
We thought it would work, I guess.
It hasn't worked.
Cm
It has been bad for everyone.
Eb
It's time to get over this business.
There is no gene for racism.
Bb
There's no gene for bigotry.
Ab#
You're not born a bigot,
C#dim
you have to learn to be a bigot.
D
Anything you learn, you can unlearn.
Bb
It's time to unlearn our bigotry.
Ab#
Gm
It's time to get over this thing,
D
C#
C#5
Bb
Gm
D
and we best get over it pretty soon.
C#
C#dim
Bb
Gm
D
C#
Bb
Gm
D
Gm
D
C#
Bb
Gm
D
C#
Bb
Gm
Ab#
Eb
D
Gm
Ab#
Eb
Ab#
Eb
D
Ab#
Bb
Cm
D
Eb
Gm
Proud American,
Cm
Bb
can you please ex plain
Gm
Eb
in simple words
Cm
Gm
How you think someone like them will
F
Build a safer,
Cm
Bb
Gm
more human state
Eb
Cm
for you to live in
Gm
Ab#
Cm
Gm
I am only trying to understand
Where you come from,
Ab#
Cm
Gm
where you're dying to go
G
Gm
Ab#
There must be something wrong
C#dim
Cm
Gm
with the way I think
Ab#
Can't comprehend all that
Cm
Gm
you seem to know
True American
Somehow you're convinced
Bb
Eb
that you are worth more
Cm
Gm
Based on the color of your skin
Cm
Gm
Eb
Education failed but it's not too late
Cm
Gm
For you to unlearn
Outro 1
Ab#
Cm
Gm
Ab#
Cm
G
Gm
G
Ab#
Cm
Gm
G
Cm
D
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