Chords for Children of Privilege by Joe Purdy

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_ Well, listen, [Bb] all you [C] children [F] of privilege,
[D] because I [C] am one of you.
[F] _ _ _ _ _
I was born on a dirt road [Bb] out in the [C] country,
[Bb] and I wanted [F] for nothing, and no [C] trouble did [F] I see. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] So do [F] not pretend [E] that you _ [F] understand
all the troubles that others have been [C] through.
_ _ _ [Gm] Don't [Dm] point your fingers [F] and so freely judge
[D] all the ones who ain't [C] as privileged as you.
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ If [G] you never had [D] to fight [Gm] for your life [Dm] or your family,
[Gm] if you never [Dm] had to live [Bb] on the streets all [C] alone,
if [G] you've never been [Dm] harassed by [G] the ones who [D] should protect you,
[G] if you've never been [Dm] mistreated for [Bb] the color of your [C] skin, _
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[F] then listen, [Bb] all you [G] children [F] of privilege,
[Dm] because I [C] am one of [F] you.
_ _ _ _ And [Bb] I had a [F] good mother, [Eb] she taught me [Fm] to love.
[Bb] And I had [F] a good father, [Bb] and he taught me [F] to work hard.
And [Bb] together [F] they showed me [Bb] respect for [F] all people,
_ [Bb] regardless [F] of class, and [Bb] regardless [F] of background,
[Bb] regardless of [F] race, no matter their religion
or their preference [F] in part. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Because every [D] human being [G] will have their own [D] story,
as important [Dm] as the other, [Bb] that walks right [C] beside
[G] or across their [Dm] own city, [G] across this [Dm] great country,
[G] across the [Dm] blue waters [Bb] to lands [C] far and wide.
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_ [F] Well, I [Bb] ain't saying [C] that I can't [F] with you.
I ain't [Dm] saying I [C] ain't already [F] fought. _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm just trying to have more compassion,
[Bb] lead by [F] example, [Bb] and to turn from [F] my temper,
[Bb] not to give in [F] to anger, [Bb] not to add to [F] the violence,
[Bb] and cause great [F] divide [Bb] between me and [F] my neighbor,
[Bb] between me and my [F] brothers, between [Bb] me and my sisters,
because there's too many suffering, and [Bb] there's too many [F] dying
in this [Bb] world without [F] reason, in this [Bb] world without [F] reason,
in this world without [C] reason. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] So don't turn [Dm] your back [G] on the ones with [Dm] less fortune,
[G] the ones with [Dm] less privilege.
[Gm] They could have [C] been you with [Gm] a slight [Dm] twist of fate.
[G] If they were [D] born lucky, [G] or born [Dm] into money,
[Bb] or born with white [C] skin.
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_ [F] Well, I'll tell [Bb] you plainly what [C] I'm trying to [F] do,
[Bb] I'm just trying to [F] be better,
_ _ _ [Bb] and change in [F] my own life,
_ _ [Bb] and look towards [F] the future, [Bb] and find _ [F] understanding,
[Bb] so that I might [F] inspire you [Bb] to look [F] at your own [Dm] life
and think for [C] yourself.
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So [F] _ listen, [Bb] all you [C] children [F] of privilege,
because [Bb]
I [C] am one of you.
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Something like that. _ _ _
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