Intro:  A  F#m  E  D 

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I've been around a while 
E 
I know wrong from right 
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And since a long time ago 
D 
Things been always black and white 
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Just like you can't judge a book by the cover 
F#m 
We all gotta be careful 
D 
How we treat one another 

A 
Skin deep 
F#m 
Skin deep 
E                 D 
Underneath we're all the same 
A 
Skin deep 
F#m 
Skin deep 
E                 D 
Underneath we're all the same 

Solo A  F#m  E  D 

A 
A man in Louisiana 
E 
He never called me by my name 
F#m 
He said: Boy do this and boy do that 
D 
But I never once complained 
A 
I knew he had a good heart 
E 
But he just didn't understand 
F#m 
That I needed to be treated 
D 
Just like any other man 

A 
Skin deep 
F#m 
Skin deep 
E                 D 
Underneath we're all the same 
A 
Skin deep 
F#m 
Skin deep 
E                  D 
Underneath we're all the same 

Solo A  F#m  E  D 
       A  F#m  E  D 

A 
I sat my little child down 
E 
When he was old enough to know 
F#m 
I said I fell in this big wide world 
D 
You're gonna be all kinda froze 
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I said son it all comes down to just one simple rule 
F#m 
That you treat everybody just the way 
D 
You want them to treat you 

A 
Skin deep 
F#m 
Skin deep 
E                 D 
Underneath we're all the same 
A 
Skin deep 
F#m 
Skin deep 
E                  D 
Underneath we're all the same 

B 
Skin deep 
G#m 
Skin deep 
F#m                 E 
Underneath we're all the same 
B 
Skin deep 
G#m 
Skin deep 
F#m                  E 
Underneath we're all the same