Black And White chords by The The

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The wind blows hard across the Texas plains
Make some people go insane
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While others quietly pray for rain
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That's where we came from
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Two boys playin' in the burnin' sun
One with books, one with guns
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Mama calls, but just one comes
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The other one runs
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With the Christian sense of wrong and right,
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we were born and raised in black and white.
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One learned to pray, one learned to fight,
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we were born and raised
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in black and white.
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We were born and raised in
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black and white.
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Brother took to the gospel road
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Spent his whole life saving souls
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When he looked at me,
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his blood ran cold
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He didn't even try
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I had no dreams, I had no plans
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But a gun felt good in my right hand
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The warden asked,
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How come you killed that man?
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I said, I don't know why.
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Welcome home, said the hot blue light
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We were born and raised
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in black and white
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One lives to pray, one prays for life
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We were born and raised
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in black and white
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We were born and raised in black and white
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Someone handed me a cigarette
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They offered me my last request
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I asked my mortal soul
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to be blessed by someone close to me
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He came to me with trembling hands
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He swore he'd never understand
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I said it's just what life had planned,
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it's destiny
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Don't waste your tears on me tonight
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We were born and raised in black and white
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I  chose the dark, you chased the light
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We were born and raised
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in black and white
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We were born and raised in
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black and white
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The wind blows hard across
the Texas plains
Make some people go insane
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While others quietly pray
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for brain