India.Arie - Gift Of Acceptance

      [Intro]
Dm C Bb F/A | F/A A7 Dm Dm/C | Bbmaj7  G/B |Bb Bb/C F

[Piano Riff] 
 F   |   Bb/F  F  |  F    Bb6/F | F    x 2 

[Verse]
F                 Bb/F   F       F    Bb6/F     F
Some believe it's right to say Jesus when you pray,
F         Bb/F           F        F  Bb6/F     F    C/E
Some believe Mahommed, Allah, or Buddah are the way.
Dm          Am/C    Bb  F/A     F      A7       Dm     Dm/C
Instead of a God or pantheon of gods up in the sky,
Bbmaj7              Dm/B                Bb       Bb/C
I'll honor your choices and you can honor mine.

F | Bb/F  F |  F Bb6/F | F   

F             Bb/F   F       F          Bb6/F    F
Whether you are red, black, yellow, brown or white,
F            Bb/F    F     F   Bb6/F   F    C/E
A man with a husband or a woman with a wife,
Dm       Am/C       Bb     F/A            F       A7      Dm     Dm/C
We can debate till the end of time who's wrong and who is right,
Bbmaj7              Dm/B        Bb       Bb/C      F
Or I can honor your choices and you can honor mine.

C/E     Dm       Am/C      Gm7    F/A   Bb   Bb/C
We all want the same      things from life,
         Dm       Am/C   Bb    Csus    F  Fsus F
We want peace, love and pro - sperity.
             Bb    F/A     A7          Dm  Dm/C
But can we give up our need to be right?
Bbmaj7                  G/B                Csus7          C7
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.
Bbmaj7                                 Bb6/C    C7       F
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.

[With Hook]  
F   |   Bb/F  F  |  F    B6b/F | F    x 2

F                Bb/F    F       F       Bb6/F     F
Some believe that God's a him and some say he's a her.
F                    Bb/F     F     F      Bb6/F    F    C/E
Does God live here in our hearts or out in the universe?
Dm    Am/C   Bb     F/A      F     A7        Dm     Dm/C
Ghandi was a Hindu, Martin Luther King a Christian
Bbmaj7              Dm/B                Bb       Bb/C     F   Fsus F
 Regardless of religion they knew love was the mission.

[Chorus]
        Dm      Am/C      Gm7    F/A   Bb   Bb/C
We all want the same      things from life, We want
Dm       Am/C      Bb    Csus    F  Fsus F
 peace, love and pro - sperity.
             Bb    F/A     A7          Dm  Dm/C
But can we give up our need to be right?
Bbmaj7                  G/B         Csus7                   C7
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.
Bbmaj7                           Bbmaj7/C    C7          F
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.

[With Hook]
 F   |   Bb/ F  F  |  F    Bb6/F | F    x 2

Dm       Am/C      Bb     F/A             F        A7    Dm    Dm/C
We can debate to the end of time who's wrong and who is right,
Bbmaj7                  G/B       Csus7           F
Or I can honor your choices and you can honor mine.

[With Hook]
  F   |   Bb/F    F| Bb/F C/F | F

F          Bb/F       F       F     Bb6/F     F
They call you Israeli and they call me an American,
F                        Bb/F      F       F   Bb6/F       F             C/E
I look at you and I don't see a country, I just see my friend,
Dm           Am/C      Bb     F/A             F     A7    Dm    Dm/C
I pray we're in each other's lives for a long, long time
          Bbmaj7       Dm/B        Bb   Bb/C  F
Because I honor your choices and you honor mine.

[Chorus]
C/E     Dm          Am/C   Gm7    F/A   Bb   Bb/C
We all want the same      things from life,
         Dm       Am/C   Bb    Csus    F  Fsus F
We want peace, love and pro - sperity.
             Bb    F/A     A7          Dm  Dm/C
But can we give up our need to be right?
Bbmaj7            G/B              Csus7                   C7
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.
Bbmaj7                              Bbmaj7/C    C7       F
Give the world a present, give the gift of your acceptance.

[Hook]
F   |   Bb/F    F| Bb/F C/F | F    x 2

[Ending]
Dm C Bb F/A | F/A A7 Dm Dm/C | Bbmaj7  G/B |Bb Bb/C F