Homophobia Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays427

Homophobia by Chumbawamba is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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  			Em            G               D              A
Up behind the bus-stop in the toilets of the street
          Em           G             Em
there are traces of a killing on the floor beneath your feet
Em               G                 D                  A
 mixed in with the piss and beer are bloodstains on the floor
      Em               G               Em
from a boy who got his head kicked in a night or two before
Em  G        D           G
Homophobia - the worst disease
   Em                 G               Em
you can't love who you want to love in times like these (2x)
      Em             G          D                 A
In the pubs clubs and burgerbars breeding pens for pigs
Em          G            Em
alcohol testosterone and ignorance and fists
Em               G       D               A
 packs of hunting animals roam across the town
   Em            G            Em
they find an easy victim and they punch him to the ground

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    Em           G             D              A
The siren of the ambulance the deadpan of the cops
Em                 G               Em
chalk to mark the outline where the boy first dropped
Em             G       D                    A
beware the holy trinity church and state and law
 Em               G             Em
for every death the virus gets more deadly than before

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Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante