White Bourgeois Woman Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]
[Em][Dm][Am][F][Em]
[Am]Fell

[Verse 1]
for her in [Em]85,
[F]was a [Em]ver tical drum
[Am]Restless nights, s[Em]heets of white,
pas[F]sion never stops
[Em]She [Am]studied to be a lawyer,[Em]
he just [F]couldn't [Em]break the spell
Two [Am]years of friends and pas[Em]sion,
a [F]descent in[Em]to hell
White
Pous[Am]sois woman, oh [Em]yeah[F]
[Em]White
Poussois [Am]wo man, oh ye[Em]ah[F]
[Em]Most men e[Am]ncounter one wo ma[Em]n
[Am]for [F]whom they'd [G]die a [Em]kill
[Am]They'd rot in a stinking dun[Em]geon
or be [F]shackled again[G]st a [Em]hill
She [Am]was such a wom[Em]an,
she [F]stood far above [Em]man
[Am]She conquered all [Em]academia,
but she [F]never [Am]knew this land
[Em]A white bo[Am]urgeois woman,
[Em]uh -huh, yeah
[F]A w[Em]hite bourgeois woman,[Am]
uh -huh, [Em]yeah
[F]A w[Em]hite [Dm]bourgeois woman,[F]
change of cul[C]tural mentality
[Em]Experience[Dm] but a frac
[F]tion of our [C]black [Em]reality
We [Dm]seek your liberation,
[F]class -prefer[C]red black guiding hand
[Em]He said blac[Dm]k and white's the color of[F] the spiri[C]t of[Em]
[Am]design[F]
[Dm][Em][Am][Em][Dm][Am][Em][Dm]
[Am]
The pain of her rejec[Em]tion
[Am]Nailed [F]him to [Em]the floor
He'd be [Am]wanderin' on the freeway
[Em]Vasco [Am]bag gin' h[Em]er for more
She [Am]cast him off with dis[Em]dain,
[F]treated [Em]him as shit
She [Am]cast him [Em]off intellectually against the [F]desire
[Em]of a complete white [Am]bourgeois woman
Uh [Em]-huh, [F]yeah
[Em]White bourgeois woman[Am]
Uh [Em]-huh, [F]yeah[Em]
[Dm]Oh, white bourgeois wo[F]man,
change your cul[C]tural mentality
[Em]The experi[Dm]ence but a frac
[F]tion of our [C]black reality
[Em]When you [Dm]seek your liberation,
[F]class prefer bla[C]ck guidance
An[Em]d we say bla[Dm]ck impacts
the color [F]of the [C]spirit of this land
[Em]White boots, white wo ma[Am]n,
oh [Em]yeah[Am][F]
[Am]White boots, white woman,
oh [Em]yeah[Am][F][Em]
Well he [Am]turned his face again[Em]st the
wind towards the [F]sunset at the land
[Am]She's gone so long and now she's[Em] found
[Am]a white br[F]and new bourgeois ma[Em]n
[Am]She feels the need for com[Em]panionship,
[F]comfort [Em]in the night
They've a cul[Am]ture they're in com[Em]mon,
they're not racially op[F]pressed
[Em]The white bourgeois wo[Am]man,
oh, [Em]oh, [F]yeah[Em]
White bour[Am]geois woman,
oh, [Em]oh, [F]yeah[Dm]
[Em]White [Am]bourgeois woman,
oh, [Em]oh, [F]yeah[Em]
White bourgeois wo[Am]man[Em][F][Em][Am]

[Outro 1]
One, three, four.
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