Accidental Racist chords by Brad Paisley

Chords with lyrics

Brad Paisley,  "Accidental Racist" (ft. Ll Cool J)


(intro)
2x
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD


(verse)
 G+G                   D MajorD              C majorC        G+G   D MajorD
To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I hope you understand

   G+G                 D MajorD             C majorC        G+G
When I put on that t-shirt, the only thing I meant to say is I'm a Skynyrd fan

   C majorC        E minorEm              D MajorD
The red flag on my chest somehow is like the elephant in the corner of the south

 G+G        D MajorD            C majorC
 And I just walked him right in the room

    C majorC             E minorEm
Just a proud rebel son with an 'ol can of worms

 D MajorD                   G+G            C majorC
 Lookin' like I got a lot to learn, but from my point of view

(chorus)
      G+G                 D MajorD
I'm just a white man comin' to you from the southland

      C majorC              G+G    D MajorD
Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be

       G+G               B minorBm
I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've done

    C majorC                  G+G    D MajorD
And it ain't like you and me can re-write history

     E minorEm             D MajorD
Our generation didn't start this nation

       G+G                       C majorC
We're still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday

   G+G             C majorC   D MajorD          G+G
And caught between southern pride and the southern blame

(verse)
 G+G                     D MajorD
They called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tears

       C majorC                  G+G        D MajorD
We're still siftin' through the rubble after a hundred-fifty years

     G+G                    D MajorD
I try to put myself in your shoes and that's a good place to begin

    C majorC                 G+G        D MajorD
But it ain't like I can walk a mile in someone else's skin


(chorus)
       G+G             D MajorD
'Cause I'm a white man livin' in the southland

      C majorC              G+G  D MajorD
Just like you I'm more than what you see

       G+G               B minorBm
I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've done

    C majorC                  G+G    D MajorD
And it ain't like you and me can re-write history

     E minorEm             D MajorD
Our generation didn't start this nation

         G+G
And we're still paying for mistakes

              C majorC
That a bunch of folks made long before we came

      G+G              C majorC   D MajorD        G+G
And caught somewhere between southern pride and southern blame


(verse-rap)
(no chord)
Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you understood

What the world is really like when you're livin' in the hood

Just because my pants are saggin' doesn't mean I'm up to no good

You should try to get to know me, I really wish you would
     C majorC      G+G                 D MajorD
Now my chains are gold but I'm still misunderstood


I wasn't there when Sherman's March turned the south into firewood
 C majorC                  G+G
 I want you to get paid but be a slave I never could

   D MajorD
Feel like a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible white hoods

      A minorAm
So when I see that white cowboy hat, I'm thinkin' it's not all good


I guess we're both guilty of judgin' the cover not the book
   C majorC
I'd love to buy you a beer, conversate and clear the air


But I see that red flag and I think you wish I wasn't here


(chorus-out)
      G+G                    D MajorD
I'm just a white man,   Comin' to you from the southland

           (If you don't judge my do-rag)
                    C majorC              G+G    D MajorD
               Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be

(I won't judge your red flag)                 (yeah)
       G+G
I'm proud of where I'm from

        (If you don't judge my gold chains)
     B minorBm
But not everything we've done

       (I'll forget the iron chains)
  C majorC                  G+G    D MajorD
It ain't like you and me can re-write history

                       (Can't re-write history baby)
 G+G
Oh, Dixieland

       (The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin')
  D MajorD                    C majorC
I hope you understand, what this is all about


(Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've been thinkin' about this lately)
 C majorC
I'm a son of the new south

              (The past is the past, you feel me)
      A minorAm     G+G       C majorC
And I just want to make things right

                   (Let bygones be bygones)
         A minorAm     G+G     C majorC
Where all that's left is southern pride

 G+G
 (RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean)


(It's real, it's real It's truth)