Key: C
Introduction: C
C Am
I am white and I've got everything I need.
F G C
No one clutches their purse when they're in a room alone with me
Am
and I can drive through any neighborhood I please
F G C
at any hour and the police don't do a thing.
F G Am
So if I see a penny on the ground,
F G Am
I leave it alone or fucking flip it.
F G Am
I'm a straight white male in America.
F G C
I've got all the luck I need.
C Am
I'm a guy getting paid more than a girl with a degree
F G C
and I can walk down the street at night and no one wants to rape me.
Am
And I can get a girl pregnant and just as easily flee.
F G C
Just like my straight, white male dad did to me.
F G Am
So if I see a penny on the ground,
F G Am
I leave it alone or fucking flip it.
F G Am
I'm a straight white male in America.
F G C
I've got all the luck I need.
F C
I've got a pile of broken mirrors and I'm walking under ladders
G Am
and I'll spill a ton of salt because to me that doesn't matter.
F C
Cus my skin and my gender and my orientation
G Am
are the best things to have when you live in this nation.
F C G
I recommend it highly.
F G Am
So if I see a penny on the ground,
F G Am
I leave it alone or fucking flip it.
F G Am
I'm a straight white male in America.
F G C
I've got all the luck I need.
F G Am
Shit's gonna work out for me.
F G Am
I'm a straight white male in America.
F G C
I've got all the luck I need.