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People Like Me by K'naan
People Like Me
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
Am Em D G
[Hook]
Am Em
Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down
D G
And open doors to hurting people like me
Am Em
People like me, People like me
D G
People like me, People like me
[Verse 1]
A
Is it fair to say that I am stressing out
G Em
I'm stationed in Iraq and they won't let me out
D
My homies said I was stupid for even joining
G
My counselor said that my decision was disappointing
Am
How she had good slate for good state colleges
G
And with my good grades it wouldn't have been a problem
D
But they don't understand just the power of significance
G
More than brilliance and certainly more than dividends
Am
And if you ask me now would I repeat it
Em
Would I fight in a war I don't believe in
D
Well the answer is it's not me where the cancer is
G
They been doing this before Jesus of Nazereth
Am
And after all this time it is still deadly hazardous
Em
And Bush isn't really being all that inaccurate
D
When he says we're winning the war cos its staggering
G
But thats cos we're killing everybody that we see
Am
And most of us soldiers we can barely fall asleep
Em
And time and time again I'm feeling incompetent
D
Cos my woman back home, we're constantly arguing
G
And I must be crazy cos all I'm obsessing with is
Am
Her myspace and facebook and who's commenting
Em
I swear to god if she's cheatin' I'm doin her ass in
D
I can tell with one look
G
And it came to me sounding something like a song hook
[Hook]
Am Em
Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down
D G
And open doors to hurting people like me
Am Em
People like me, People like me
D G
People like me, People like me
[Verse 2]
Am
Meet Sarah, the proud mother of young Sebastian
Em
Suburban professional went to college in Ashton
D
In self pity she suddenly cried
G
Would my life be important if I suddenly died?
Am
Neighbors saying what a nice women she was
Em
Keeping mostly to herself ever since the divorce
D
And with the company downsizing and the fall and all
G
She really shouldn't take it that personal at all
Am
It wasn't her boss who had his eyes on her thighs
Em
And got a rise from her rising off the desk though
D
And despite remembering saying no plenty of times
G
It was still a damn surprise being let go
Am
And now stuck with a mortgage she can't afford
Em
And too educated to blame the corporate world
D
She got on welfare and hated it case work a power trippin
G
And generally being degraded if
Am
Nothing else she was treated sick
Em
And ineffective which is the worst thing
D
That she'd been left with
G
Damn, no magic from David Blaine
G
No painter to paint this pain
Am
No Morgan Freeman to narrate the shame
Em
So she took refuge in prayer
D
Kinda like finding god in the phone book
G
And it came to her sounding something like a song hook
[Hook]
Am Em
Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down
D G
And open doors to hurting people like me
Am Em
People like me, People like me
D G
People like me, People like me
[Verse 3]
Am
I guess I told you about myself to a degree
Em
Just by telling you about people like me
D
But people like me they speak politely
Em G
They don't start no beef for a piece of white meat
Am
Everybody gotta eat but everybody doesn't
Em
Which is why I want to tell you about my favorite cousin
D
He and I grew up where the sun shines
G
And we both partook in the gun crimes
Am
And we both liked American rap rhymes
Em
Even though we didn't understand one line
D
If you remember my liner notes in my last album
G
I talked about a close call with a grenade
Am
I think we both must have been about 7th grade
Em
But don't panic we both survived without damage
D
But we developed a bond like we survived the titanic
G
So when the country became frantic
My mother tried to get us out, planned it
Em Em
To the last detail except the plan got derailed
D
Cos there wasn't enough money for the plane tickets
G
How bitter when my mother had to choose who to take with her
Am Em
So my cousin got left in the war and that's just hard to recall
Em
But now I take refuge in prayer
D
Kinda like finding god in the phone book
G
It came to me sounding kinda like something from a song hook
[Hook]
Am Em
Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down
D G
And open doors to hurting people like me
Am Em
People like me, People like me
D G
People like me, People like me
Am Em
Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down
D G
And open doors to hurting people like me
Am Em
People like me, People like me
D G
People like me, People like me
Am/Em/D/G/Am/Em/D/G
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