Smiling Black Faces chords by
Rain Machine

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Key: B major

Verse 1

I see slow genocide,

Bodies strung like tanning hides,

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Oh and the fly covered babys,

Verse 2

And in the mirror love

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I see another sun,

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I will try hard to smile back at me.

Verse 3

It's no burnt cork affair,

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It's no un due despair,

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I know a joy that's mocked

And I know a grief.

Verse 4

I know a slave name

And I know a cold shame!

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And I know I cried in disbelief!

Verse 5
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And I see a porno star
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Loaded on alcohol,
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I see a     rolling stone,
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And I see a creep,
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Coming

Verse 6

to on my knees,

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Empty hands full of all I will keep!

Verse 7

Smiling black faces,

Can anyone see?

Interlude 1

Is anything radical in wantin' to be?

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Verse 8

And on his wedding day

They took Sean Bell away,

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Cops let their bullets spray

In the same city where I am a man.

Verse 9

And when the gavel fell

Over that bloody hell

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Everyone walked away

No one even got canned!

Verse 10
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This nation's compromised
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Just shrugged an  d turned its eyes
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Some maybe shook their
heads and muttered
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"What a   shame..."

Verse 11

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But his body's

My body's

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Your bod ies could die in pain!

Smiling black

Verse 12

faces

Is anyone free?

Is anything radical in wantin' to be?

Verse 13

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But I see love breaking through,

Right through the face of cool.

Verse 14
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Time to heed Nelson's call,
Not to let self stay small,
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Know we can conquor all of this bullshit if
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we know where we  stand.
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Square on the side

Verse 15

of love,

Know how to arm a dove,

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I know I want to sing,

so I know I can.

Verse 16

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And if there are joys to come,

If there is movin' on,

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If there is love abound

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ing let it sus tain

Verse 17

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Oh coo coo brown babe,

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Black baby with my last name!

Verse 18

And I can see Smiling Black Faces!

I can see Smiling Black Faces!

I can see Shining Black Faces!

Verse 19

Keepin their teeth,

Sayin fuck grief,

Outro 1

What a release!

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