written by Shannon Stephens and performed by Shannon Stephens and Bonnie Prince Billy
From her 2012 Album Pull it Together
Official website: http://www.asthmatickitty.com/shannon-stephens
(this is my first ever chords upload. Im not 100 percent certain about these
chords. please feel free to correct, etc.)
BF#
Were gonna be alright, baby, we are still young.
EBF#
Baby, we are still young, and thats more than some people can say.
BF#
Were gonna be okay; at least we have white skin,
EBF#
and when you have white skin nobody can send you away.
EG#mB
And people are inclined to help, to help
EE7BEB
other people who look like themselves.
BF#
Were gonna be alright; baby, we have rich friends,
EBF#
and when you have rich friends, those kinds of connections can pay.
BF#
We?re gonna be okay; baby, we will rise up.
EBF#
Believe we will climb up to inhabit our corner of sky.
EG#mC#mF#
And we will be inclined to help, to help
EF#BEB
other people who look like ourselves.
BF#
Ooooh oooh oooh Ooooh ooooh ooooh
EB
Oooooh oooh oooh Ooooooooooh
D#mF#EB
You say we dont need a safety net; we need a fire hose,
F#EB
and you say that were burnin, burnin, you tell me we?re ready to blow.
D#mF#EB
But aint there somethin to be said for likeability?
F#E
Something goods going to happen.
B
Someone will take us in under their wing and then
BF#
were gonna be alright; we are still good-looking.
EBF#
Well, somewhat good-looking, and everything counts in its way.
EG#m
We are rising stars, and we wont need bootstraps.
BEG#m
Well hang on to kind hands of people with faces like ours.
BEF#EBB7
Well hang on to kind hands of people with faces like ours.