Folks Like Me chords by Geraldine Fibbers

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: E MajorE

Intro:

   E MajorE     A augmentedA    E MajorE
Don't cry when I say goodbye love
  G# minorG#m      G#7G#7        C# minorC#m BB
My hearts want to remain what I've become
   E MajorE     A augmentedA       E MajorE
But I feel your little hands a-tremblin'
    C# minorC#m       BB        E MajorE
Cuz you know the love we shared is nearly done
    A augmentedA         BB
And I'm goin' back to the place where
         E MajorE
Folks like me are from

Verse:
  E MajorE   A augmentedA    C# minorC#m
My people won't forget me
    C# minorC#m     A augmentedA   BB
They'll kill me if I try to fight
    A augmentedA    F# minorF#m         BB
There's just no word for this where I come from
    A augmentedA    BB     A augmentedA   BB
I was a trusted servant a noble scientist
                   E MajorE
But now a fugitive lover's what I've become


Chorus:
    A augmentedA         BB
And I'm goin' back to the place where
         E MajorE
Folks like me are from


Bridge:
 F# minorF#m                BB
I told you from the start that I was not what I appeared
    F# minorF#m           BB
But one look in your eyes and I loved you
  F# minorF#m             BB
My plans were corrupted by your sweet finger tips
                 E MajorE
And I was never meant to fall in love


Verse:
  E MajorE       A augmentedA      C# minorC#m
My work here was simple till I met you
 C# minorC#m          A augmentedA     BB
I should've gone back a long time ago
   F# minorF#m
This body's gettin' old and you know
   BB     A augmentedA      BB
I'll die in the cold winter sun

Chorus:
  A augmentedA         BB
I'm goin' back to the place
    E MajorE        C# minorC#m
My old life and my old face
  A augmentedA         BB
I'm goin' back to the place where
         E MajorE
Folks like me are from


Verse:
     E MajorE       A augmentedA    C# minorC#m
Your lord knows I don't want to leave here
      C# minorC#m         A augmentedA     BB
I'd like to stay in this little house and provide for you
  F# minorF#m          BB
And if I knew I'd only be risking my own life
  BB        G# minorG#m   BB     E MajorE
I'd stay until they came and struck me dead
   F# minorF#m        BB        F# minorF#m        BB
But I couldn't stand to see them hurt a hair on your sweet head


Verse:
  E MajorE     A augmentedA      C# minorC#m
So goodbye to laughter and kisses
C# minorC#m       A augmentedA       BB
Goodbye to your belly and your tongue
   A augmentedA         F# minorF#m      BB
Back home I'll soon forget just what bliss is
    C# minorC#m    BB
And it don't seem fair


Chorus:
    A augmentedA         BB
But I'm goin' back to the place
E MajorE       C# minorC#m
Back to my own race
A augmentedA         BB        C# minorC#m
You won't have to live life on the run
  A augmentedA         BB
I'm goin' back to the place where
         E MajorE
Folks like me are
E MajorE
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