Powerless
Nelly FurtadoVon dem Album "Folklore" 2003
Verse 1:
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Paint my face in your magazines
Dsus2
Make it look whiter than it seems
D
Paint me over with your dreams
Dsus2
Shove away my ethnicity
D
Burn every notion that I may have a flame inside to fight
Dsus2
And say just what is on my mind
D
Without offending your might
Refrain:
D Em G D
Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you
D Em G D
But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do
D
So say what you want
Verse 2:
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I saw her face outside today
Dsus2
Weatherworn, looking all the rage
D
They took her passion and her gaze and made a poster
Dsus2
Now it's moccasins we sport
D
We take the culture and contort
Dsus2
Perhaps only to distort what we are hiding
Refrain:
D Em G D
Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you
D Em G D
But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do
D
So say what you want
Übergang:
D Dsus2
Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in, get in
D Dsus2
Hey you, the one that don't fit in, how ya, how ya gonna get in
D Dsus2
Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in with your
D Dsus2
Broken teeth, broken jaw, broken mojo
Refrain:
D Em G D
Yeah, this life is too short to live it just for you
D Em G D
But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do
D Em G D
Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you
D Em G D
But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do
D Em G D
Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you
D Em G D
But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do
Outro:
D Em
G
D
So say what you want, so say what you want, say what you want, say what you want
D
Em
G
D
So say what you want, so say what you want, so say say say say
D Em G
D
Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you,
D Em G
D
But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do ..........
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