John Gorka – Ignorance And Privilege (Guitar)
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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