Hootie & the Blowfish – Drowning (Guitar)

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As recorded by Hootie & The Blowfish (From the 1994 Album CRACKED REAR VIEW) [Intro] G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F N.C. [Verse 1]
G                F                  G              F
Trouble with the world is we're too busy to think about it, all right

G              F          G                   F
Why is there a rebel flag hanging from the state house walls?

G        F                       G            F
Tired of hearin' this shit about heritage not hate

G       F                G       F
Time to make the world a better place

G           F         G     F
Why must we hate one another?

G       F               G            F
Well no matter what, we gotta live together

            G         F                      G       F
Just 'cause you don't look like me; tell me, what do you see?

        G                  F            G      F
When we pass on the street, what do you wanna see?
[Interlude] Am C Am G Am C G D G [Verse 2]
G F      G   F G        F
P.E.'s coming  is all I gotta say

G               F
Wanna turn and run away

G           F            G        F
They're just telling you how they see it

G        F                       G                   F
Right or wrong, they don't care; you wish that they would quit
[Interlude] Am C Am G Am F G [Chorus]
C   F              G       F
Drowning, in a sea of tears

C  F              G              F
Hatred, trying to hide your fears

C  F             G       F
Living, only for yourself

C  F         G                F                    G  F G F G N.C.
Hating, everybody else 'cause they don't look like you
[Verse 3]
G     F              G                 F
Nanci singing it's a hard life wherever you go

G          F          G            F
About some fat racist living in Chicago

G         F                 G         F
Trying to teach his kids to hate everyone

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Well tell me, why is that something you wanna teach your son?
[Interlude] Am C Am G Am C G D G [Verse 4]
G           F         G      F
Why must we hate one another?

G                  F                G              F
When the people in the church, they tell me you're my brother

G         F                  G         F
You don't walk like me, said you don't talk like me

        G                  F             G
Saying "Go back to Africa," I just don't understand
[Chorus]
C   F              G       F
Drowning, in a sea of tears

C  F              G              F
Hatred, trying to hide your fears

C  F             G       F
Living, only for yourself

C  F         G                F                    G
Hating, everybody else 'cause they don't look like you
[Guitar Solo] F G F G F G F G F G F N.C. [Outro]
C    F
(Drowning...)

                     G
Yeah, I'm trying to be someone that he could look up to but

C                            F
When I walk down the street, tell me what do you see?

      G
I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man

C                     F
No, I'm not like you; why do you hate me so?

        G             F
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know

C  F         G                F                    C   F  G  F
Hating, everybody else 'cause they don't look like you

C    F      G  F
(Drowning...)

C  F         G                F                     C  F  G  F
Hating, everybody else 'cause they don't look like you

C   F  G  F  C
Drowning...