Ignorance & Privilege John Gorka
Capo 5
[G]I was born to ignorance yes and lesser [C/G]poverties
I was born to [G]privelige that I [D]did not see
Lack of pigment [Em]in my skin, won a free and [Am]easy [C]in
Didn't [G]know it but my [D]way was [C/G]paved[G]
I grew up a catholic boy in a northeastern state
A place when asked, "Where you from?"
Some people tend to hesitate, reply a little bit late
As if maybe you didn't rate
I was born to ignorance and privilege
My dad ran a printing press in a tag and label factory
May have seen it as a child, now a distant memory
Almost too faint to see, dark red brick factory
Didn't know it but my way was paved
We moved from a city street shortly after I arrived
To a house on a gravel road where I learned to be alive
Crawl, walk, run and ride, that's where I learned to come alive
Didn't know it but my way was paved
If the[C/G] wind is at you[D/A]r back[G]
[C/G]And you never t[D/A]urn aro[G]und
[C/G]You may never k[D/A]now the[G] wind [F#]is [Em]there
[Am7]You may never hear the s[D/A]ound
Got to grow and go to school, work at home and dream at night
Even be a college fool, like I had any right
Never went through a war, never Great Depression poor
Didn't know it but my way was paved
Nose to [Am]the grindstone, shoulder[D/A] to the wheel
[Am]Back against the wall, [D/A]maybe you know how it feels
(solo over verse chords G C/G G D Em Am C G D C/G G)
If the wind is at your back
And you never turn around
You may never know the wind is there
You may never hear the sound
I was born to ignorance yes and lesser poverties
I was born to privelige that I did not see
Lack of pigment in my skin won a free and easy in
Didn't know it but my way was paved
'cause [Am]I was born to [D/A]ignorance and pr[C/G]ivileg[G]e
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