Milestone

A D E
   A            E
If I had nickel for
             F#                              D                         A
Every single time I've tried to classify the populace around me with a word,
            E
Or a catchy phrase,
                F#                               D
I could quit my job for good and play Nintendo until my fingures ached.

E       F#         D             A
Am I an idiot, too lazy to think twice?
E           F#            D             A
I point the finger, but I can't take my own advise.
E       F#                D        A
I put a name on something and ever since,
E            F#                 D             A
I've made an art of building my counterfeit intelligence.

             E
Seemingly to me,
             F#                                D                    A
I am strightening a word of cluttered thoughts and debris inside my head,
               E
But I think instead
          F#                               D
I am prejudiced and I give people names to make me feel safe.


E       F#         D             A
Am I an idiot, too lazy to think twice?
E           F#            D             A
I point the finger, but I can't take my own advise.
E       F#                D        A
I put a name on something and ever since,
E            F#                 D             A
I've made an art of building my counterfeit intelligence.

A           D                  B               D         C# B
How does it feel, what does it take to make me understand?
A          D           B           D    C# B A
If I could only walk a mile in the shoes      of another man.
   D       B                    D C# B A
If I could look out through his eyes
                          D                  E
And know what it means to bleed the same red blood that I do.

A E D B (x4)  A E D B A E D E
A E D E (x2)
A          D                 B               D C# B
What is economic status, and tell me what is race?
A              D           B        D C# B
Who decides to classify taxonomy of grace?
A                    D             B     D C# B
If one man gets less than another, it is true,
A                   D               E               A
That he is all that different, that he is less than you?