Chords for India.Arie - I Am Not My Hair (Official Music Video) ft. Akon
Tempo:
98.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bb
C
Eb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Abm] [G] Convict.
Convict.
Convict.
[Bb] [C] Convict.
[Eb] Uh [F]-huh.
[G] See, I can kind of recall a little ways [Bb] back.
Small, trying to ball.
Always been [C] black in my hair, I tried it all.
I even went [Eb] flat, had a gumby curly [Cm] top and [F] all that [G] crap.
Now, I'm trying to be [Bb] appreciated.
Nappy-headed brothers never had no [C] ladies.
[Eb] [F] [G] I couldn't get no [Bb] job, this corporate wasn't hiring no [Gm] dreadlocks.
Then I [C] thought I bought my dogs on the [Eb] block, I don't understand [F] why they chose to steal and [G] rob.
Was it the hair that got me this [Bb] far?
All these girls, these cribs, these [Gm] cops.
I hate to [C] say it but it seems so [Eb] flawed, my success didn't [Cm] come until I cut it all [G] off.
Little girl with the pressing [Bb] curve, age that I got a [C] jerry curl.
Thirteen and I got a [Eb] relapse, [F] I was a source of so much [G] laughter.
Fifteen and it all broke [Bb] wall.
Eighteen and I went on [C] retro.
February 2002, [Eb] I [Cm] went on and did what I [F] had to [G] do.
Because it was time to change my life, [Bb] to become the woman that I am today.
[C] Ninety-seven dreadlocks all [Eb] gone, I love the feeling you [F] look on the first time you [G] saw that hair.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] not your [F] expectations, [G] no no.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Gm] the soul [Am] that lives [G] within.
Good hair means curls and [Bb] waves, bad hair means you look like a [C] slave.
At the turn of the century, [Eb] it's time for us to [F] redefine who we [G] be.
You can shave it off like a South African [Bb] beauty, got [F] it money.
[C] You can rock a set like Oprah [Eb] Winfrey.
It's not [F] what's on your ass, it's what's underneath [G] and so.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] not your ass [F] that hates [G] you, no.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] the soul [F] that lives [G] within.
Who cares if you don't like that [Bb] with nothing to lose, post it with the way it's wrapped.
[C] And the cops wanna harass, cause I got [Eb] this.
Ain't seen nothing like [F] that in all my [G] days.
Man, you gotta change all this [Bb] fear and steady judging one another by their [C] appearance.
Yes, India, [G] I feel you girl.
[Eb] Now go [C] on here, talk to the rest of the world.
[Eb] Oh, [Dm] it's the way I wear my hair make me a better [Eb] person.
[Gm] Oh, [Dm] it's the way I wear my hair make me a better [Eb] friend.
Oh, [Dm] it's the way [G] I wear my hair determine my integrity.
[Gm] Oh, [Cm] I am [Am] expressing [D] my [G] fertility.
Press skis, chemotherapy, [Bb] took away her crown of glory.
[C] She promised that if she was to [Eb] survive, she [F] would enjoy every day of her [G] life.
[Bb] [C] [Gm]
[F] I am [G] not my hair,
[Bb] I am not [C] my skin.
I [Eb] am not my [F] hair, [G]
[Bb] I am not [C] my skin.
[Eb] [F] [G] I am [Bb] not [C]
[Eb] your [F] expectations, [G] no, no.
Convict.
Convict.
[Bb] [C] Convict.
[Eb] Uh [F]-huh.
[G] See, I can kind of recall a little ways [Bb] back.
Small, trying to ball.
Always been [C] black in my hair, I tried it all.
I even went [Eb] flat, had a gumby curly [Cm] top and [F] all that [G] crap.
Now, I'm trying to be [Bb] appreciated.
Nappy-headed brothers never had no [C] ladies.
[Eb] [F] [G] I couldn't get no [Bb] job, this corporate wasn't hiring no [Gm] dreadlocks.
Then I [C] thought I bought my dogs on the [Eb] block, I don't understand [F] why they chose to steal and [G] rob.
Was it the hair that got me this [Bb] far?
All these girls, these cribs, these [Gm] cops.
I hate to [C] say it but it seems so [Eb] flawed, my success didn't [Cm] come until I cut it all [G] off.
Little girl with the pressing [Bb] curve, age that I got a [C] jerry curl.
Thirteen and I got a [Eb] relapse, [F] I was a source of so much [G] laughter.
Fifteen and it all broke [Bb] wall.
Eighteen and I went on [C] retro.
February 2002, [Eb] I [Cm] went on and did what I [F] had to [G] do.
Because it was time to change my life, [Bb] to become the woman that I am today.
[C] Ninety-seven dreadlocks all [Eb] gone, I love the feeling you [F] look on the first time you [G] saw that hair.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] not your [F] expectations, [G] no no.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Gm] the soul [Am] that lives [G] within.
Good hair means curls and [Bb] waves, bad hair means you look like a [C] slave.
At the turn of the century, [Eb] it's time for us to [F] redefine who we [G] be.
You can shave it off like a South African [Bb] beauty, got [F] it money.
[C] You can rock a set like Oprah [Eb] Winfrey.
It's not [F] what's on your ass, it's what's underneath [G] and so.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] not your ass [F] that hates [G] you, no.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] the soul [F] that lives [G] within.
Who cares if you don't like that [Bb] with nothing to lose, post it with the way it's wrapped.
[C] And the cops wanna harass, cause I got [Eb] this.
Ain't seen nothing like [F] that in all my [G] days.
Man, you gotta change all this [Bb] fear and steady judging one another by their [C] appearance.
Yes, India, [G] I feel you girl.
[Eb] Now go [C] on here, talk to the rest of the world.
[Eb] Oh, [Dm] it's the way I wear my hair make me a better [Eb] person.
[Gm] Oh, [Dm] it's the way I wear my hair make me a better [Eb] friend.
Oh, [Dm] it's the way [G] I wear my hair determine my integrity.
[Gm] Oh, [Cm] I am [Am] expressing [D] my [G] fertility.
Press skis, chemotherapy, [Bb] took away her crown of glory.
[C] She promised that if she was to [Eb] survive, she [F] would enjoy every day of her [G] life.
[Bb] [C] [Gm]
[F] I am [G] not my hair,
[Bb] I am not [C] my skin.
I [Eb] am not my [F] hair, [G]
[Bb] I am not [C] my skin.
[Eb] [F] [G] I am [Bb] not [C]
[Eb] your [F] expectations, [G] no, no.
Key:
G
Bb
C
Eb
F
G
Bb
C
[Abm] _ _ [G] Convict.
Convict.
Convict. _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] Convict. _ _
[Eb] Uh [F]-huh.
[G] See, I can kind of recall a little ways [Bb] back.
Small, trying to ball.
Always been [C] black in my hair, I tried it all.
I even went [Eb] flat, had a gumby curly [Cm] top and [F] all that [G] crap.
Now, I'm trying to be [Bb] appreciated.
Nappy-headed brothers never had no [C] ladies. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ I couldn't get no [Bb] job, this corporate wasn't hiring no [Gm] dreadlocks.
Then I [C] thought I bought my dogs on the [Eb] block, I don't understand [F] why they chose to steal and [G] rob.
Was it the hair that got me this [Bb] far?
All these girls, these cribs, these [Gm] cops.
I hate to [C] say it but it seems so [Eb] flawed, my success didn't [Cm] come until I cut it all [G] off.
Little girl with the pressing [Bb] curve, age that I got a [C] jerry curl.
Thirteen and I got a [Eb] relapse, [F] I was a source of so much [G] laughter.
Fifteen and it all broke [Bb] wall.
Eighteen and I went on [C] retro.
February 2002, [Eb] I [Cm] went on and did what I [F] had to [G] do.
Because it was time to change my life, [Bb] to become the woman that I am today.
[C] Ninety-seven dreadlocks all [Eb] gone, I love the feeling you [F] look on the first time you [G] saw that hair.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] not your _ [F] expectations, [G] no no.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Gm] the soul [Am] that lives [G] within.
Good hair means curls and [Bb] waves, bad hair means you look like a [C] slave.
At the turn of the century, [Eb] it's time for us to [F] redefine who we [G] be.
You can shave it off like a South African [Bb] beauty, got [F] _ it money.
[C] You can rock a set like Oprah [Eb] Winfrey.
It's not [F] what's on your ass, it's what's underneath [G] and so.
_ I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] not your ass [F] that hates [G] you, no.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] the soul [F] that lives [G] within.
Who cares if you don't like that [Bb] with nothing to lose, post it with the way it's wrapped.
[C] And the cops wanna harass, cause I got [Eb] this.
Ain't seen nothing like [F] that in all my [G] days.
Man, you gotta change all this [Bb] fear and steady judging one another by their [C] appearance.
Yes, India, [G] I feel you girl.
[Eb] Now go [C] on here, talk to the rest of the world.
[Eb] _ _ Oh, [Dm] it's the way I wear my hair make me a better [Eb] person.
[Gm] Oh, [Dm] it's the way I wear my hair make me a better [Eb] friend.
Oh, _ [Dm] it's the way [G] I wear my hair determine my integrity.
[Gm] Oh, [Cm] I am [Am] expressing [D] my _ [G] fertility.
Press skis, chemotherapy, [Bb] took away her crown of glory.
[C] She promised that if she was to [Eb] survive, she [F] would enjoy every day of her [G] life. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ I am [G] not my hair, _ _
[Bb] I am not [C] my skin.
I [Eb] am not my [F] hair, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ I am not [C] my skin. _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ I am [Bb] not _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] your [F] _ expectations, [G] no, no. _ _
Convict.
Convict. _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] Convict. _ _
[Eb] Uh [F]-huh.
[G] See, I can kind of recall a little ways [Bb] back.
Small, trying to ball.
Always been [C] black in my hair, I tried it all.
I even went [Eb] flat, had a gumby curly [Cm] top and [F] all that [G] crap.
Now, I'm trying to be [Bb] appreciated.
Nappy-headed brothers never had no [C] ladies. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ I couldn't get no [Bb] job, this corporate wasn't hiring no [Gm] dreadlocks.
Then I [C] thought I bought my dogs on the [Eb] block, I don't understand [F] why they chose to steal and [G] rob.
Was it the hair that got me this [Bb] far?
All these girls, these cribs, these [Gm] cops.
I hate to [C] say it but it seems so [Eb] flawed, my success didn't [Cm] come until I cut it all [G] off.
Little girl with the pressing [Bb] curve, age that I got a [C] jerry curl.
Thirteen and I got a [Eb] relapse, [F] I was a source of so much [G] laughter.
Fifteen and it all broke [Bb] wall.
Eighteen and I went on [C] retro.
February 2002, [Eb] I [Cm] went on and did what I [F] had to [G] do.
Because it was time to change my life, [Bb] to become the woman that I am today.
[C] Ninety-seven dreadlocks all [Eb] gone, I love the feeling you [F] look on the first time you [G] saw that hair.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] not your _ [F] expectations, [G] no no.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Gm] the soul [Am] that lives [G] within.
Good hair means curls and [Bb] waves, bad hair means you look like a [C] slave.
At the turn of the century, [Eb] it's time for us to [F] redefine who we [G] be.
You can shave it off like a South African [Bb] beauty, got [F] _ it money.
[C] You can rock a set like Oprah [Eb] Winfrey.
It's not [F] what's on your ass, it's what's underneath [G] and so.
_ I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] not your ass [F] that hates [G] you, no.
I am [Bb] not my hair, I am [C] not the skin, I am [Eb] the soul [F] that lives [G] within.
Who cares if you don't like that [Bb] with nothing to lose, post it with the way it's wrapped.
[C] And the cops wanna harass, cause I got [Eb] this.
Ain't seen nothing like [F] that in all my [G] days.
Man, you gotta change all this [Bb] fear and steady judging one another by their [C] appearance.
Yes, India, [G] I feel you girl.
[Eb] Now go [C] on here, talk to the rest of the world.
[Eb] _ _ Oh, [Dm] it's the way I wear my hair make me a better [Eb] person.
[Gm] Oh, [Dm] it's the way I wear my hair make me a better [Eb] friend.
Oh, _ [Dm] it's the way [G] I wear my hair determine my integrity.
[Gm] Oh, [Cm] I am [Am] expressing [D] my _ [G] fertility.
Press skis, chemotherapy, [Bb] took away her crown of glory.
[C] She promised that if she was to [Eb] survive, she [F] would enjoy every day of her [G] life. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ I am [G] not my hair, _ _
[Bb] I am not [C] my skin.
I [Eb] am not my [F] hair, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ I am not [C] my skin. _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ I am [Bb] not _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Eb] your [F] _ expectations, [G] no, no. _ _