Chords with lyrics
Intro: F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA x2
Verse 1:
A augmentedA B minorBm
D MajorD A augmentedA
I did my best just to fit in
A augmentedA B minorBm
Broke my heart on the playground, mmh
D MajorD A augmentedA
When they said I was different
Pre-Chorus:
C#C#
Oh, now
F# minorF#m D MajorD
Now, I'm all grown up and nothin' has changed
DmDm
Yeah, it's still the same
Chorus:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
It's a hard life on easy street
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA
Just white painted picket fences far as you can see
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
If you think we live in the land of the free
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA
You should try to be black like me
Verse 2:
A augmentedA B minorBm
My daddy worked day and night
D MajorD A augmentedA
For an old house and a used car
A augmentedA B minorBm D MajorD
Just to live that good life, mmh
A augmentedA
It shouldn't be twice as hard
Pre-Chorus:
C#C#
Oh, now
F# minorF#m D MajorD
DmDm
Yeah, it's still the same
Chorus:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
It's a hard life on easy street
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA
Just white painted picket fences far as you can see
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
If you think we live in the land of the free
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA
You should try to be black like me
Instrumental:
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA
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F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
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Bridge:
E minorEm
Oh, I know
D MajorD
I'm not
A augmentedA
The only one
D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh, yeah
E minorEm
Who feels
D MajorD
Like I
B minorBm E MajorE
I don't belong
Chorus:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
It's a hard life on easy street
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA
Just white painted picket fences far as you can see
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
If you think we live in the land of the free
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA
You should try to be black like me
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh, and some day we'll all be free
F#n C# minorC#m D MajorD A augmentedA
And I'm proud to be, oh, black like me
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
I'm proud to be black like me
D MajorD A augmentedA
Black like me