Folks Like Me chords by Geraldine Fibbers

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: E

Intro:

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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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