Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
F
C
Oh, the ink is black, the page is white
F
C
Together we learn to read and write
This is the law of all the land
All the land
Verse 2
with child's voice: Oh,
F
C
the ink is black, the page is white
F
C
Together we learn to read and write
Verse 3
F
Verse 4
Years of shame
Verse 5
Their robes were black,
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C
F
C
F
their heads were white
Verse 6
F
C
F
C
Oh, the slate is black, the chalk is white
F
Dm
The words stand out so clear
Verse 7
Liberty
Verse 8
F
C
F
Oh, the slate is black, the chalk is white
C
F
Together we learn to read and write
C
F
To read and write
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F
Oh, a child is
Verse 9
C
F
C
black, or a child is white
F
C
The whole world looks upon the sight
Verse 10
well, the whole world knows
F
C
That this is the way that
freedom grows
Freedom grows
Verse 11
F
C
Oh, a child is black,
F
Bb
C
F
or a child is white
(Whistling the tune)
Verse 12
F
C
Oh, the world is black,
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C
and the world is white
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C
It turns by day and turns by night
Verse 13
C
F
It turns so each and every one
Verse 14
In the sun
C
with child's voice:
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C
F
C
Oh, the ink is black, the page is white
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Dm
F
C
Together we learn to read and write
B
C
F
And now a child can understand
All the land
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C
continued with child's voice: Oh, the ink is black, the
Verse 15
F
F
C
Together we learn to read and write
F
C
F
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F Dm Bb B
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