Black & Blue America chords by Chip Taylor

SimplifiedG · D · C · B · Em

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Verse 1
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D 
It was a ray of light, it was a wall of sand,
G 
it was a fight for life.
C 
Until the walls came down,
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it was a dream to dream
D 
In any damned old town,
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it was a true America
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D 
Red, white, black and blue America
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It was a right -on, Jack,
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you got balls of steel
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Round this old racetrack
C 
Didn't you spin them wheels?
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It was a march with Martin
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Cause that's just the way you'd feel
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It was a true America
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Red, white, black and blue America
C 
G 
Back in the 1956 Hallelujah
I have today issued an executive order
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We were so right
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Nobody could tell us that we were wrong
C 
And back in 1966
G 
What was it to you?
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Didn't the passion
Ask what you can do for your country,
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D 
fit the song.
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Here we are.
D 
But where's that good old tune?
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Where's that dream to dream?
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D 
C 
Where's that man on the moon?
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All the heroes came,
D 
but they were gone so soon
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C 
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True America, red wine, black and blue
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I just want to do God's will,
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and He's allowed me to go
up to the mountains,
and I've looked over,
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and I've seen the promised
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G 
land.
I'm happy tonight,
I'm not worried about anything.
D 
I'm not fearing any man.
My eyes have seen the glory
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C 
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of the King of the Lord.
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Back in 1956, hallelujah.
D 
We were so right,
nobody could tell us
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D 
I forgot to remember to forget her
I forgot I can't seem to
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get her off my mind
C 
And  back in the 1966,
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wasn't it everything to you?
D 
Didn't the passion meet the song,
C 
the answer?
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B 
Em 
My friend is blowing all the wind
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D 
C 
G 
D 
The answer is blowing all the
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It was a rain of life
D 
It was a wall of sand,
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it was a fight for life,
C 
D 
C 
until the walls came down.
G 
It was a dream to dream,
D 
in any damned old town.
It was a true America,
G 
C 
red, white, black and blue,
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C 
America, America, a true America,
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C 
red, white, black and blue,
G 
America. you