Tim Minchin - Prejudice

^EmIn our modern free spoken society There is a w^Dord that we still hold taboo A w^Cord with a terrible history of being u^Dsed to abuse oppress and subdue ^EmJust six seemingly harmless letters arr^Danged in a way that will form a word With more po^Cwer than the pieces of metal that are fo^Brged to make swords A couple of ^CG's an R and an ^DE an I and an^Em N

Just six little le^Ctters all jumbled tog^Dether have caused da^Bmage that we may never mend ^EmAnd it's important that we all respect that ^Dif these people should happen to choose to ^CReclaim the word as their own it doesn't m^Dean the rest of you have a right to it's use ^EmSo never under estimate the p^Dower that language imparts ^CSticks and stones may break your bones but w^Bords can break hearts A couple of G's; ^Cgeez unless you have had to live it, an R and an E; e^Dven I am careful with it An I and an ^EmaNd in the end it will o^Dnly offend don't w^Cant to have to spell it out a^Bgain

^EmOnly a ginger ^Dcan call another ginger gi^Cnger ^{B D Em}Only a ginger ^Dcan call another ginger gi^Cnger ^{B D} So li^Csten to me if you care for your health You w^Dont call me ginger less your gi^Bnger yourself ^EmOnly a ginger ^Dcan call another ginger gi^Cnger ^B

^EmWhen you are a ginger life is pr^Getty hard ^C7Years of ritual bullying in the sch^Fool yard ^EmKids calling you ranga and f^Ganta pants ^C7No invitation to the hi^Fgh school dance But you g^Emet up and learn to hold your h^Gead up You t^C7ry to keep your cool and not get he^Ft up But u^Emntil the feeling of ill is truly l^Get up Then the ^C7word is ours and ours al^B7one don't you know

^EmOnly a ginger ^Dcan call another ginger gi^Cnge^Br ^{D Em}Only a ginger ^Dcan call another ginger gi^Cnge^Br ^{D C}So if you call us ginge we just might come unhinged ^DIf you don't have a fringe with at least a tinge of the ^Bb7ginge in it ^EmOnly a ginger ^Dcan call another ginger gi^Cnge^Br

^EmNow listen to me we're not looking fo^Gr sympathy ^C7Just because we are sensitive to^Fsus4 UV ^{F Em}Just ‘cause we're pathetically p^Gale ^C7We do alright with the female^Fs ^EmYeah I like to ask the ladies round for g^Ginger beer ^C7And soon they're running their fingers through my g^Finger beard ^EmAnd dunking my ginger nuts into their g^Ginger tea ^C7And asking if they can call me gi^Gnge, And I say I don't think that's appropriate

^EmCus only a ginger can ^Dcall another ginger ^Cginger ^{B D Em}Only a ginga can call a^Dnother ginga gin^Cga ^{B D}

^CAnd all the ladies agree it's a fact ^Donce you've gone ginge you can't go back ^EmOnly a ginger can call a^Dnother ginger ging^Cer ^B

Y^Emeah you can call us bozo or f^Gire truck You can even ^C7call us carrot top or ^Bbblood ^Fnut ^EmYeah you can call us match stick or t^Gampon But f^C7**king with the G word is j^Dust not on ^EmIf you're a ginger bowl and you d^Gon't like us ^C7You gonna stand up to the fight if you want to^F fight us ^EmBut if you cut yourself you might catch gingervitus So m^Gaybe you should shut your fu^Dnky mou^Fth^{F# Gm}

^GmOnly a ginger can ca^Fll another ginger gi^Ebnger ^{D Gm}Only a ginger can ca^Fll another ginger gi^Ebnger ^{D Eb}So if you call us ginge you can't winge if your injured

If you d^Fon't have a tinge of the ginge in your minge ^GmOnly a ginger can c^Fall another ginger gi^Ebnger^D yeah ^EbAnd you know my kids will always be clothed and fed ^Gm6Cus papa's going to be bringing home the ginger bread ^FAnd they'll be pretty smart because they'll be well read And by r^Gead I mean read and the other kind of re^Asus2d wooo

^AmOnly a ginger^G can call another ginger g^Finger wooo ^{E Am}Only a ginga ^Gcan call another ginga g^Finga ^{E Am}Just like only a ninja ^Gcan sneak up on ano^Fther ninj^Ea Yeah ^Amonly a ginger o^Gnly a ginger ^Fonly a ginger yeah^{E F}Are you listen-inga I'm not pointing the finga I'm just having a ^Gsinga I'm just right in ^Eya

But ^Eon.^Cly ^Aa ^Dgin.^Bger ^Gcan ^Ccall ^Aa.^Gno.^Ether ^Abgin.^Bger ^CGin.^Ager