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Accidental Racist chords by Brad Paisley

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Brad Paisley,   "Accidental Racist" (ft. Ll Cool J)


(intro)
2x
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD


(verse)
 Chord diagramG+G                                     Chord diagramD MajorD                           Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD
To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I hope you understand

      Chord diagramG+G                                 Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G
When I put on that t-shirt, the only thing I meant to say is I'm a Skynyrd fan

     Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramE minorEm                            Chord diagramD MajorD
The red flag on my chest somehow is like the elephant in the corner of the south

 Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramC majorC
  And I just walked him right in the room

        Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramE minorEm
Just a proud rebel son with an 'ol can of worms

 Chord diagramD MajorD                                     Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramC majorC
  Lookin' like I got a lot to learn,  but from my point of view

(chorus)
            Chord diagramG+G                                  Chord diagramD MajorD
I'm just a white man comin' to you from the southland

           Chord diagramC majorC                           Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD
Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be

              Chord diagramG+G                             Chord diagramB minorBm
I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've done

        Chord diagramC majorC                                    Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD
And it ain't like you and me can re-write history

          Chord diagramE minorEm                         Chord diagramD MajorD
Our generation didn't start this nation

             Chord diagramG+G                                              Chord diagramC majorC
We're still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over yesterday

     Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G
And caught between southern pride and the southern blame

(verse)
 Chord diagramG+G                                          Chord diagramD MajorD
They called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tears

             Chord diagramC majorC                                    Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramD MajorD
We're still siftin' through the rubble after a hundred-fifty years

          Chord diagramG+G                                       Chord diagramD MajorD
I try to put myself in your shoes and that's a good place to begin

        Chord diagramC majorC                                 Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramD MajorD
But it ain't like I can walk a mile in someone else's skin


(chorus)
              Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramD MajorD
'Cause I'm a white man livin' in the southland

           Chord diagramC majorC                            Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD
Just like you I'm more than what you see

              Chord diagramG+G                             Chord diagramB minorBm
I'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've done

        Chord diagramC majorC                                    Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD
And it ain't like you and me can re-write history

         Chord diagramE minorEm                          Chord diagramD MajorD
Our generation didn't start this nation

                 Chord diagramG+G
And we're still paying for mistakes

                            Chord diagramC majorC
That a bunch of folks made long before we came

            Chord diagramG+G                            Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G
And caught somewhere between southern pride and southern blame


(verse-rap)
(no chord)
Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you understood

What the world is really like when you're livin' in the hood

Just because my pants are saggin' doesn't mean I'm up to no good

You should try to get to know me, I really wish you would
         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G                                  Chord diagramD MajorD
Now my chains are gold but I'm still misunderstood


I wasn't there when Sherman's March turned the south into firewood
 Chord diagramC majorC                                   Chord diagramG+G
  I want you to get paid but be a slave I never could

     Chord diagramD MajorD
Feel like a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible white hoods

           Chord diagramA minorAm
So when I see that white cowboy hat, I'm thinkin' it's not all good


I guess we're both guilty of judgin' the cover not the book
     Chord diagramC majorC
I'd love to buy you a beer, conversate and clear the air


But I see that red flag and I think you wish I wasn't here


(chorus-out)
            Chord diagramG+G                                       Chord diagramD MajorD
I'm just a white man,     Comin' to you from the southland

                     (If you don't judge my do-rag)
                                        Chord diagramC majorC                           Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD
                             Tryin' to understand what it's like not to be

(I won't judge your red flag)                                  (yeah)
              Chord diagramG+G
I'm proud of where I'm from

               (If you don't judge my gold chains)
         Chord diagramB minorBm
But not everything we've done

              (I'll forget the iron chains)
    Chord diagramC majorC                                    Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD
It ain't like you and me can re-write history

                                              (Can't re-write history baby)
 Chord diagramG+G
Oh, Dixieland

              (The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin')
   Chord diagramD MajorD                                       Chord diagramC majorC
I hope you understand, what this is all about


(Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've been thinkin' about this lately)
 Chord diagramC majorC
I'm a son of the new south

                           (The past is the past, you feel me)
            Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC
And I just want to make things right

                                     (Let bygones be bygones)
                  Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC
Where all that's left is southern pride

 Chord diagramG+G
  (RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean)


(It's real, it's real It's truth)

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