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Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Same Love

This song was written in support of the Washington Referendum 74, which would make same sex marriage legal. I think this is one of the most straight from the heart songs I've ever heard. Also, the music video is awesome so watch it. Also also, I've gotten no song recommendations so far so feel free to recommend one in the comments and, as the song says, and since I'm talking about something to feel free to do, also feel free to marry people that are the same gender. Enjoy!

       
Intro: Eb Cm Ab Eb x2

Eb                                           Cm
When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay
                       Ab                                           Eb
'Cause I could draw, an' my uncle was, and I kept my room straight
Eb                   Cm
I told my mom tears rushing down my face
                 Ab                                          Eb
She's like "Ben, you've loved girls since before pre-k," trippin'

Eb                                Cm
Yea I guess she had a point didn't she?

Ab                               Eb
Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.

Eb                                                Cm
I remember doing the math like, "yea I'm good at little league"

Ab                                 Eb
a preconceived idea of what it all meant
                                               Cm
For those that liked the same sex
Had the characteristics
      Ab                                    Eb
The right wing conservatives think it's a decision
Eb                                                 Cm
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Ab                                  Eb
Man made rewiring of a predisposition
                          Cm
Playing god, aw nah here we go
Ab                                Eb
America the brave still fears what we don't know
                                               Cm
And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
           Ab                                       Eb
But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago, I don't know
 
Eb
And I can't change
Even if I tried
             Ab        Eb
Even if I wanted to
            Eb
I'm acting strange
Even if I try
          Ab           Eb
Even if I wanted to
Ab                       
 Eb
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm
       Ab            Eb
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
       Ab            Eb
She keeps me warm

Eb                                    Cm
If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
Ab                                         Eb
Have you read the YouTube comments lately
Eb         
          Cm
"Man, that's gay" get dropped on the daily

Ab                                    Eb
We become so numb to what we're saying
        
 Eb                                          Cm
a culture founded from oppression, yet we don't have acceptance for 'em
Ab                      Eb
Call each other F****** behind the keys of a message board

Eb                               Cm
a word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it

Ab                                            Eb
a gay is synonymous with the lesser
        
 Eb                                     Cm
It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion
Ab                              Eb
Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
                                                    Cm
The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
                 Ab                                       Eb
It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
                   Cm
Live on and be yourself
                        Ab                                Eb
When I was at church they taught me something else
                                                             Cm
If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed
  Ab
That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
             
 Eb                       Cm                           
When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
                  
 Ab   
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
Eb                Gm7
I might not be the same, but that's not important
  
 Ab                            Eb
No freedom till we're equal, damn right I support it
Eb
And I can't change
Even if I tried
             Ab        Eb
Even if I wanted to
            Eb
I'm acting strange
Even if I try
          Ab           Eb
Even if I wanted to
Ab                       
 Eb
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm
       Ab            Eb
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
       Ab            Eb
She keeps me warm
 
Eb        Cm
And press play, don't press pause
Ab            Eb
Progress, march on
                     
 Eb
With the veil over our eyes
          
 Cm
We turn the back on the cause
        
 Ab                        Eb
Till the day that my uncles can be united by law
Eb                                                               Cm
When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
  Ab                                                      Eb
a world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
Eb                                              Cm
And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all
              Ab
But it's a damn good place to start
Eb
No law is gonna change us
Cm
We have to change us
                Ab
Whatever god we believe in
Eb
We come from the same oneEb                Gm7
Strip away the fear
        
 Ab                    Eb
Underneath it's all the same love
About time we raised up

           
 Eb  Cm    Ab Eb
And I can't change
         
 Eb   Cm
Even if I tried
         
 Ab     Eb
Even if I wanted to
           
 Eb
I'm acting strange
Eb        Ab    Eb
Even if I try
        
 Eb       Cm
Even if I wanted to
Ab
My love, my love, my love
Eb
Love is patient, love is kind x2
Love is patient, love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays) x3
Love is patient, love is kind

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