Ignorance And Privilege Cifras

John Gorka - Ignorance And Privilege
 
 
 
INTRO: C
 
                                         F
I was born to ignorance, yes, and lesser poverties 
              C                G
I was born to privilege that I did not see 
                Am                         F
Lack of pigment in my skin, won a free and easy in 
         C               G       F     C
I didn't know it, but my way was paved 
 
 
                                     F
I grew up a Catholic boy, in a north-eastern State 
                     C                                     G
A place when asked, "Where you from?", some people tend to hesitate 
        Am                               F
Reply a little bit late, as if maybe you didn't rate 
C             G             F     C
I was born to ignorance and privilege 
 
 
                                             F
My dad ran a printing press, a tag and label factory 
                 C                         G
May have seen it as a child, now a distant memory 
           Am                           F
Almost too faint to see, dark red-brick factory 
         C               G       F     C
I didn't know it, but my way was paved 
 
 
                                           F
We moved from a city street, shortly after I arrived 
                C                               G
To a house on a gravel road, where I learned to be alive 
              Am                                     F
Crawl, walk, run and ride, that's where I learned to come alive 
         C               G       F     C
I didn't know it, but my way was paved 
 
 
CHORUS:
F              G       C
If the wind is at your back
F             G     C
And you never turn around 
F             G        C       Am
You may never know the wind is there 
Dm7                    G
You may never hear the sound, no, no
 
 
                C                              F
Got to grow and go to school, work at home and dream at night 
          C                        G
Even be a college fool, like I had any right 
             Am                         F
Never went through a war, never Great Depression poor 
         C               G       F     C
I didn't know it, but my way was paved 
 
 
BRIDGE:
Dm
Nose to the grindstone
G
Shoulder to the wheel 
Dm
Back against the wall
          G             C
Maybe you know how it feels 
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL:   F   C   G   Am G F   C   G   F C
 
 
CHORUS:
F              G       C
If the wind is at your back
F             G     C
And you never turn around 
F             G        C       Am
You may never know the wind is there 
Dm7                    G
You may never hear the sound, no, no
 
 
              C                          F
I was born to ignorance, yes, and lesser poverties 
              C                G
I was born to privilege that I did not see 
                Am                         F
Lack of pigment in my skin, won a free and easy in 
         C               G       F     C
I didn't know it, but my way was paved 
       F             G             F     C    F C   F C
'Cause I was born to ignorance and privilege
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