Smiling Black Faces chords by Rain Machine
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Verse 1
(G major) I see slow genocide,
Bodies strung like tanning hides,
Oh and the fly (E minor) covered (C major) babys, (G major)
Verse 2
And in the (G major) mirror love
I see an (Gsus4) other (G major) sun (C major) ,
I will try (A minor) hard (C major) to smile back at (G major) me.
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Verse 3
It's no burnt cork (G major) affair,
It's no (Gsus4) un (G major) due despair,
I know (A minor) a joy that's (E minor) mocked (C major)
And I know a (G major) grief.
Verse 4
(G major)
I know a slave name (C major)
(G major) And I know a cold shame!
And I know I (A minor) cried (E minor) in (C major) disbelief! (G major)
Verse 5
(G major) And I see a porno (A minor) star
Loaded on (C major) alcohol,
(F major) I see a (A minor) rolling stone,
And I see a creep (C major) ,
Coming (A minor)
Verse 6
to on my (C major) knees,
Empty (A minor) hands full of all I will (C major) keep!
Verse 7
Smiling black (G major) faces,
Can anyone see?
Interlude 1
Is anything radical in wantin' to be?
(G major) (Gsus4) (F major) (A minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
(C major) (G major)
Verse 8
And on his wedding (G major) day (C major)
They took Sean (G major) Bell away,
Cops let their (C major) (E minor) bullets spray
In the same city where (G major) I am a man.
Verse 9
And when the gavel (G major) fell
Over (C major) that (G major) bloody hell
Everyone (C major) walked (E minor) away
No one even got (G major) canned!
Verse 10
(G major)
This nation's (A minor) compromised
Just shrugged an (C major) d turned its eyes
Some maybe (A minor) shook their
heads and muttered
"What a (C major) shame..."
Verse 11
But (C major) his (A minor) body's (E minor)
My (C major) body's
Your bod (A minor) ies could die in (C major) pain!
Smiling black (G major)
Verse 12
faces
Is anyone free?
Is anything radical in wantin' to be?
Verse 13
But I see love (A minor) breaking (C major) through,
(G major) Right through the face of cool.
Verse 14
(G major)
Time to heed Nelson's call,
Not to let self stay small,
Know we can (E minor) conquor all of this bullshit (C major) if
we know (G major) where we (C major) (G major) stand. (C major)
Square on the (G major) side
Verse 15
of love, (C major)
(G major) Know how to arm a dove, (C major)
(G major) I know I want (E minor) to sing,
(C major) so I know I (G major) can.
Verse 16
And (G major) if there are (A minor) joys to come,
If there (C major) is movin' on,
If there (A minor) is love (Asus4) abound (A minor)
(Asus4) ing let it (A minor) sus (C major) tain
Verse 17
(C major)
Oh coo coo (A minor) brown (C major) babe,
(A minor) (C major) (A minor)
Black baby with my last name! (C major)
Verse 18
And (C major) I can see (G major) Smiling Black Faces!
I can see Smiling Black Faces!
I can see Shining Black Faces!
Verse 19
Keepin their (G major) teeth,
Sayin fuck grief,
Outro 1
What a release!
(G major)
Smiling Black Faces
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