See Me

G G/F# Em Em D 2x G G/F# Em D I was riding the Q train downtown sometime during the quarantine G G/F# Em D All alone in the car in my mask and gloves, it was an eerie scene C D G G/F# Em But when we stopped at 42nd Street, a homeless man got on he looked pretty beat C D C D And as he walkded in he started a talkin' and I just walked away G G/F# Em D "Hey Mister," he said, "that was rude, I'm just tryin' to talk to you G G/F# Em D You can ignore me like I don't exist well, that's nothin' new." C D G G/F# Em He spit while he spoke and I was afraid. He rolled over to me like a live grenade C D C G C G And as he was walkin' he just kept a talkin' and this is what he had to say C G C G I know that you see my bruises and you see my scars. You see the dirt on my hands C G Em A7 D But the part you ain't seein' is the human bein' reachin' out to my fellow man C G C G You know I had a family and I had a home. I fought for my country and now I'm alone C D G G/F# Em Em D 2x Mister I would just like you to see... me G G/F# Em D He told me that he had got beaten and robbed on 6th avenue G G/F# Em D He said, "The five dollars they took left me with only two. C D G G/F# Em Can you spare some change? Don't be a jerk." I said, "No, current times find me out of work." C D C G C G Then he held out a dollar and I heard him holler, "Didn't realize you were broke, too!" C G C G I know that you see my bruises and you see my scars. You see the dirt on my hands C G Em A7 D But the part you ain't seein' is the human bein' reachin' out to my fellow man C G C G You know I had a family and I had a home. I fought for my country and now I'm alone C D G G/F# Em Em D 2x Mister I just want you to see... me G G/F# Em D When this is all over and we're feeling back to ourselves again G G/F# Em D Doctors, teachers, workers, accountants and businessmen C D G G/F# Em Perhaps we can all rearrange how we think, how we act, we can make a change C D C G C G A new way to live where we love and forgive, and no one goes hungry again C G C G I know that you see my bruises and you see my scars. You see the dirt on my hands C G Em A7 D But the part you ain't seein' is the human bein' reachin' out to my fellow man C G C G You know I had a family and I had a home. I fought for my country now I'm all alone C D G G/F# Em Em D 2x Mister I just need you to see... me