• Song:

    Faces Like Ours

  • Artist:

    Shannon Stephens

Faces Like Ours
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.)

B                                        F#
Were gonna be alright, baby, we are still young.
            E                       B                         F#
Baby, we are still young, and thats more than some people can say. 
B                                     F#
Were gonna be okay; at least we have white skin, 
                   E           B                   F#
and when you have white skin nobody can send you away. 
     E          Abm        B              
And people are inclined to help, to help 
E                F#        B    E   B   E   B   F#
other people who look like themselves. 



B                                      F#
Were gonna be alright; baby, we have rich friends, 
              E                       B                         F#
and when you have rich friends, those kinds of connections can pay. 
B                                   F#
We?re gonna be okay; baby, we will rise up. 
                E            B                     F#
Believe we will climb up to inhabit our corner of sky. 
    E          Abm         B        F#
And we will be inclined to help, to help 
     E           F#        B    E7    B   F#
other people who look like ourselves. 


B                    F#
Ooooh oooh oooh      Ooooh ooooh ooooh
E                    B
Oooooh oooh oooh     Ooooooooooh



     F#                               E           B
You say we dont need a safety net; we need a fire hose, 
                      F#      E                                  B
and you say that were burnin, burnin, you tell me we?re ready to blow. 
    F#                                 E         B
But aint there somethin to be said for likeability? 
                          F#        
Something goods going to happen. 
E                       F#
Someone will take us in under their wing and then 



B                                        F#
were gonna be alright; we are still good-looking. 
                   E             B                        F#
Well, somewhat good-looking, and everything counts in its way. 
E             Abm
We are rising stars, and we wont need bootstraps. 
B               E             F#                     Abm
Well hang on to kind hands of people with faces like ours.
B               E             F#          E          B E B E  B
Well hang on to kind hands of people with faces like ours.
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