People Like Us Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]In[Bm][C][D][G][Bm][C][D][G]
[Bm]1950 when I was [C]born,[D]
[G]Papa couldn't af[Bm]ford to buy us [C]mud.[D]
[F]He said, be [Bb]proud
of what you [F]are
[C]There's [D]something special
[A]about people lik[G]e us
[Em]People like [G]us
[C]Who will answer the [A]telephone
[C]People [Em]like us a[G]re g[C]rowing
big as a [D]house
[Em]People [G]like us
[C]are gonna make it big [D]cause
But we [C]don't want [G]freedom,[C]
[G]we [C]don't want [G]justice,[C]
[G]we [C]just [Am]want [G]som[Am]eone to [D]love,[G]
[Bm]
[C]someone [D]to lov[G]e[Bm][C][D]
[G]I was called u[Bm]pon in my third grade c[C]lass
[D]I g[G]ave my a[Bm]nswer and
it caused a [C]buzz[D]
[F]I'm not the [Bb]same as everyone [F]else,[C]
[D]an d times were [A]hard
for people [G]like us.
[Em]People like [G]us,
[C]who will answer the [A]telephone.[C]
[Em]People like us, [G]grow[C]in' big as a house[D]
[Em]People [G]like us,
[C]we're gonna make it big [D]cause
We [C]don't want freedom
[G]We [C]don[G]'t [C]want justic[G]e
[C]We [G]jus[C]t want som[Am]eone to [A]lov[D]e,[G]
[Bm]someone [C]to [D]love[G]
[Bm]Well[C] now, [D]what[C] good is freedom[G]?
God laughs [A]at people like [C]us
I see it [G]coming
[A]Like a light coming [C]down from [D]above,
[G]the clouds roll [Bm]by and the
moon [C]comes [Am]up[D]
[G]How long must we [Bm]live
in the heat of the [C]sun?[D][F]
Millions of [Bb]people are waiting on [F]love[C]
[D]An d this is a [A]song about
people like [G]us
[Em]People like [G]us
[C]Who will answer the [A]telephone
[C]People [Em]like us[G]
[C]We're rowing big in the [D]house
[Em]People like [G]us
[C]We're gonna make it because
[D]We don[C]'t want fre[G]edom[C]
[G]We don[C]'t want jus[G]tice[C]
[G]We jus[C]t wan[Am]t[G][Am]
[D]Someone to [G]love[Bm]
[C]Someone [D]to lov[G]e[Bm]
[C]Home [D]on the flo[G]or[Bm]
[C]Home [D]on the flo[G]or
[C][D]