Paradigm Chords

Intro]
G  Em  Am Em Gm F# Bm  Em
Bm7  Em7  Bm7  Em7
Bm7  Em7  Bm7  Em7
 
 
[Verse 1]
      Bm7     Em7
I was born to two immigrants
    Bm7                Em7   Bm7
Who know why they were here
                       Em7
They were happy to pay taxes
                    Bm7
For the schools and roads
            Em7
Happy to be here
             Bm7  Em7
They took it seriously
Bm7             Em7
Just like a job of citizenry
Bm7               Em7
My mother went campaigning door to door
    Bm7                      Em
And holding to her hand was me
 
 
[Chorus]
      G                      F#7
Cause I was just a girl in a room full of women
        E
Licking stamps and laughing
    G                        F#
I remember the feeling of community blooming
     E
Of democracy happening
 
 
[Interlude]
Bm7  Em7  Bm  Em
Bm  Em  Bm  Em7
 
 
[Verse 2]
Bm7                Em7
But I suppose like anybody
Bm7              Em7
I had to teach myself to see
Bm7                     Em7
All that stuff that got lost
Em7
On its way to church
Bm7                     Em7
All that stuff that got lost
Em7
On its way to school
Bm7                     Em7
All that stuff that got lost
                  Bm
On its way to the house of my family
Em                      Bm7       Em
All that stuff that was not lost on me
 
 
[Chorus]
G
Teach myself to see each of us
            F#7
Through the lens of forgiveness
           E
Like we're stuck with each other (god forbid!)
G                         F#
Teach myself to smile and stop and talk
     E
To a whole other color kid
G
Teach myself to be new in an instant
F#                  E7
Like the truth is accessible at any time
G                              F#
Teach myself it's never really one or the other
          E
There's a paradox in every paradigm
 
 
[Guitar Solo]
Bm  Em  Bm  Em
Bm  Em  Bm  Em
Bm  Em  Bm  Em
Bm  Em  Bm  Em
 
 
[Chorus]
G                      F#7
I was just a girl in a room full of women
        E
Licking stamps and laughing
    G                        F#
I remember the feeling of community brewing
     E
Of democracy happening
 
 
[Interlude]
Bm  Em  Bm  Em
Bm7  Em  Bm7  Em
Bm7  Em7  Bm7  Em7
Bm7  Em7  Bm7  Em7
 
 
[Outro]
G  Em  G