Brown Girl chords by Aaradhna

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: F#m

♫ Intro:

F#m E

♫ Verse 1:
F#m                          E
I'm more than the colour of my skin
F#m                      E
I'm a girl that likes to sing
A
All I know is what's within
E                     Bm/E
Not just a brown girl in the ring
F#m                          E
Go to school and learn their ways
F#m                           E
Told how to think and what to say
A

While my mother says to pray
E                Bm/E
I pray for better days
F#m                  E
God please help them see
F#m                     E
They ain't no different from me
A
Not above, not beneath
E         Bm/E
Teach them equality

♫ Pre-Chorus:
F#m

♫ Chorus:
               Bm
I'm not just a brown girl
A      F#m
In the ring
Bm         Bm/A
I'm a girl
        F#m
That likes to sing
               Bm
I'm not just a brown girl
A      F#m
In the ring
Bm        Bm/A
I'm a girl
     F#m            Bm/E
That likes to sing

♫ Instrumental:
F#m E  x2

♫ Verse 2:
F#m                      E
I'm more than what they think of me
F#m                        E
More than the colour tones that they see
A
More than urban, R&B
E                 Bm/E
More than the slang that I speak
F#m                    E
Close your eyes, don't say a word
F#m                                E
Don't speak about what you seen or heard
A
Let's pretend that it's okay
E                      Bm/E     F#m
Just the way the devil likes to play
F#m                   E
Look in my eyes, look in my eyes
F#m           E
I can't lie, I can't lie
A
All these years of my life
E                   Bm/E
I'm judged from the outside

♫ Pre-Chorus:
F#m

♫ Chorus:
               Bm
I'm not just a brown girl
A      F#m
In the ring
Bm         Bm/A
I'm a girl
     F#m
That likes to sing
               Bm
I'm not just a brown girl
A       F#m
In the ring
Bm         Bm/A
I'm a girl
     F#m         Bm/E
That likes to sing

♫ Bridge:
       C#m               F#m
And if you don't know by now (if you don't know by now)
C#m                 D
Time will show you what
    E          F#m
I'm talking 'bout
        C#m               F#m
Said if you don't know by now (if you don't know by now)
C#m                 D
Time will show you what
    E          F#m
I'm talking 'bout
    E          F#m
I'm talking 'bout

♫ Chorus:
               Bm
I'm not just a brown girl
A      F#m
In the ring
Bm         Bm/A
I'm a girl
        F#m
That likes to sing
               Bm
I'm not just a brown girl
A      F#m
In the ring
Bm        Bm/A
I'm a girl
     F#m            Bm/E
That likes to sing

♫ Outro:
F#m E  x2
F#m