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Verse 1
(C major) Black & White
Janis Ian (G major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (G major)
We were (D major) marching from
Mont (G major) gomery,
Alabama, (D major) (G major) '65
Freedom (D major) riders, Jim Crow (E minor) heroes, (C major)
come to keep (D major) the faith alive (G major) (C major) (G major)
We were (D major) picking Southern (G major) cotton,
regis (D major) tration for the vote (G major)
We were (D major) one then
We were (E minor) young then (C major)
when (D major) black (C major) (A major) & white (D major) still
spoke (G major) (C major) (G major)
Now it's (D major) all gone to pieces (G major)
(C major) God alone (G major) knows (D major) why
Just a story they call (E minor) history (C major)
written (D major) down in black (G major) & white
(F major) (G major) (F major) (G major) (F major) (G major) (F major)
And we set (D major) aside our (G major) anger,
and we set (D major) aside our fears (G major) (D major)
And we built a common (E minor) future (C major)
on the bed (D major) rock (C major) (D major) of (F sharp minor) our (G major) tears
And we (D major) marched for the chil (G major) dren
and the mil (D major) lions without (G major) hope
(D major) We agreed to believe, (E minor) (C major)
when (D major) black (A major) & white (F sharp minor) still spoke (G major)
Now it's (D major) all gone to pieces (G major)
(C major) God alone (E minor) knows (D major) why
Just a story they call (E minor) history (C major)
written (D major) down (C major) in (D major) black
(G major) & white (C major) (G major)
(C major) Nothing's (D major) sadder than the man (C major) who
thinks he's free when (G major) he is chained (D major)
to the prison of his (E minor) hatred (C major)
(D major) and a dream gone up (F sharp minor) in flames (G major)
Colored (D major) only at the foun (G major) tains,
congregations, (D major) soda shops (G major)
(D major) Colored only in the bathrooms (E minor)
(C major) and the cemetery (D major) (G major) lots
And if Jesus (D major) was a (G major) black man
or as (D major) white as Sambo's (G major) grin
it's his (D major) words that we'd remember (E minor) (C major)
not the col (D major) or of his skin (G major) (C major) (G major)
It's all gone to pieces
God alone knows why
Just a story they call history
Outro 1
written down in black & white
(G major)
Black And White
Janis Ian
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