Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC
Verse 1:
You want to touch it, don't you?
Try to run your fingers through
G+G
Like the weight of your hand
Could ever make you understand
C majorC
What it feels like to be
A augmentedA different just like me
G+G
You know the weight of your hand
Could never make you understand
Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm G+G
The things I'd do to try to fit right in
A minorAm G+G
I'm tired of trying to justify my skin
Chorus:
FF
I used to think
C majorC
What God gave me wasn't fair
FF
I'd braid it all
C majorC
Just to hide the curls up there
FF
I found my freedom
G+G A minorAm
When I learned not to care
Bb majorBb
Now I'm not scared
FF
To love who I am
C majorC
I love my hair
Verse 2:
If I could go back to twelve
I would tell myself
G+G
That straight up or down
Baby, that's your crown
C majorC
Whoever made up those rules
They don't apply to you
G+G
A augmentedA straight up or down
I turn the world around
Chorus:
FF
I used to think
C majorC
What God gave me wasn't fair
FF
I'd braid it all
C majorC
Just to hide the curls up there
FF
I found my freedom
G+G A minorAm
When I learned not to care
Bb majorBb
Now I'm not scared
FF
To love who I am
C majorC
I love my hair
Bridge:
FF
(I love my, I love my, I love my hair)
C majorC FF
(I love my, I love my, I love my hair)
A minorAm
The things I did to try to fit right in
G+G
I'll never justify my skin again
Chorus:
E minorEm FF
I used to think
C majorC
What God gave me wasn't fair
FF
I'd braid it all
C majorC
Just to hide the curls up there
FF
I found my freedom
G+G A minorAm
When I learned not to care
Bb majorBb
Now I'm not scared, FF
To love who I am
C majorC
I love my hair