White Man's World
By Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Written by Jason Isbell
CD: The Nashville Sound (2017)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
6/1/2017
Capo 2
Play this while in the Am Play this while in the Dm
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B-----------| B------------|
G-----------| G------------|
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A-0-0-----0-| A-----0h3----|
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Am
I'm a white man living in a white man's world
Am
Under our roof is a baby girl
Dm
I thought this world could be hers one day
Am
But her mama knew better
Am
I'm a white man living in a white man's town
Am
Want to take a shot of cocaine and burn it down
Dm
Mama wants to change that Nashville sound
Am
But they're never gonna let her
Chorus:
Dm Am
There's no such thing as someone else's war
Dm Am E
Your creature comforts aren't the only things worth fighting for
Dm Am
Still breathing, it's not too late
Dm E
We're all carrying one great burden, sharing one fate
I'm a white man living on a white man's street
I got the bones of the red man under my feet
A highway runs through the burial grounds
Past the oceans of cotton
I'm a white man looking in a black man's eyes
Wishing I'd never been one of the guys
Who pretended not to hear another white man's joke
Old times ain't forgotten
Chorus
Fiddle solo
I'm a white man living in a white man's nation
I think the man upstairs must have took a vacation
I still have faith, but I don't know why
Maybe it's the fire in my little girl's eyes
Maybe it's the fire in my little girl's eyes
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