People Like Me

Am Em D G Am Em Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down D G And open doors to hurting people like me Am Em People like me, People like me D G People like me, People like me A Is it fair to say that I am stressing out G Em I'm stationed in Iraq and they won't let me out D My homies said I was stupid for even joining G My counselor said that my decision was disappointing Am How she had good slate for good state colleges G And with my good grades it wouldn't have been a problem D But they don't understand just the power of significance G More than brilliance and certainly more than dividends Am And if you ask me now would I repeat it Em Would I fight in a war I don't believe in D Well the answer is it's not me where the cancer is G They been doing this before Jesus of Nazereth Am And after all this time it is still deadly hazardous Em And Bush isn't really being all that inaccurate D When he says we're winning the war cos its staggering G But thats cos we're killing everybody that we see Am And most of us soldiers we can barely fall asleep Em And time and time again I'm feeling incompetent D Cos my woman back home, we're constantly arguing G And I must be crazy cos all I'm obsessing with is Am Her myspace and facebook and who's commenting Em I swear to god if she's cheatin' I'm doin her ass in D I can tell with one look G And it came to me sounding something like a song hook Am Em Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down D G And open doors to hurting people like me Am Em People like me, People like me D G People like me, People like me Am Meet Sarah, the proud mother of young Sebastian Em Suburban professional went to college in Ashton D In self pity she suddenly cried G Would my life be important if I suddenly died? Am Neighbors saying what a nice women she was Em Keeping mostly to herself ever since the divorce D And with the company downsizing and the fall and all G She really shouldn't take it that personal at all Am It wasn't her boss who had his eyes on her thighs Em And got a rise from her rising off the desk though D And despite remembering saying no plenty of times G It was still a damn surprise being let go Am And now stuck with a mortgage she can't afford Em And too educated to blame the corporate world D She got on welfare and hated it case work a power trippin G And generally being degraded if Am Nothing else she was treated sick Em And ineffective which is the worst thing D That she'd been left with G Damn, no magic from David Blaine G No painter to paint this pain Am No Morgan Freeman to narrate the shame Em So she took refuge in prayer D Kinda like finding god in the phone book G And it came to her sounding something like a song hook Am Em Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down D G And open doors to hurting people like me Am Em People like me, People like me D G People like me, People like me Am I guess I told you about myself to a degree Em Just by telling you about people like me D But people like me they speak politely Em G They don't start no beef for a piece of white meat Am Everybody gotta eat but everybody doesn't Em Which is why I want to tell you about my favorite cousin D He and I grew up where the sun shines G And we both partook in the gun crimes Am And we both liked American rap rhymes Em Even though we didn't understand one line D If you remember my liner notes in my last album G I talked about a close call with a grenade Am I think we both must have been about 7th grade Em But don't panic we both survived without damage D But we developed a bond like we survived the titanic G So when the country became frantic My mother tried to get us out, planned it Em Em To the last detail except the plan got derailed D Cos there wasn't enough money for the plane tickets G How bitter when my mother had to choose who to take with her Am Em So my cousin got left in the war and that's just hard to recall Em But now I take refuge in prayer D Kinda like finding god in the phone book G It came to me sounding kinda like something from a song hook Am Em Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down D G And open doors to hurting people like me Am Em People like me, People like me D G People like me, People like me Am Em Heaven, is there a chance that you could come down D G And open doors to hurting people like me Am Em People like me, People like me D G People like me, People like me Am/Em/D/G/Am/Em/D/G