Black Is So Beautiful chords by Gary Byrd

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major) [" (D major) Blackness Sin"]  (E major) 
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 (E minor)  (E major)  (D major)  (E major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (D major) 
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The world  (D major) is a groovy  (E major) place today,
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though it hasn't always  (D major) been.  (G major) 
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You know at one  (D major) time even  (E major) black people
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thought that our blackness  (D major) was a  (G major) sin.
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So I  (D major) know you feel  (E major) what I do
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when I tell you how it  (D major) feels
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 (G major) To know that black  (D major) sure  (E major) is beautiful
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It makes your soul  (D major) feel real
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 (G major) Black  (D major) is  (E major) so beautiful
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I  (E minor) wonder  (E major) are you hip to that?
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I mean  (D major) black is  (E major) so beautiful
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And that's  (E minor) just  (E major) where it's at
All around your brothers and sisters
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Are kinda getting into  (D major) their thing
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 (G major) I  mean mind (D major) s  are becom
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 (E major) ing blackened eyes
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And it makes  (D major) you wanna sing
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 (G major) It's such a gast  (D major) when you think  (E major) about
how nothing could keep
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the black  (D major) man down
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 (G major) Even though  (D major) they tried to  (E major) hide it,
check out all this bad black
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pride  (D major) that we found  (G major) 
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 (D major) Black  (E major) is so  (D major) beau (E major) tiful
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I mean, it makes you want  (D major) to say, right  (E major) on
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 (E minor) Black is so  (E major) beautiful
and it's good to see the old days gone
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 (D major) Hey,  (E minor) touch that  (E major) fine black skin
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You know,  (D major) when you think about  (E major) it,
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tans do prove  (D major) that  (E minor) black  (E major) is in
My third world people,
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above all other (E minor) s,
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we know  (E major) where you're all at.  (D major) 
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Black  (E major) is beautiful, and so are you.
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 (G major) You see, we look  (E minor) at  you  (D major) as blacks.
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I want  (E minor) to say right here,
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 (D major) that if you di (E minor) al pride  (E major) in our color,  (D major) 
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number one,  (E major) wherever you're at,
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you see,  (G major) you obvi (D major) ously ain't a brother.
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And number  (E major) two,
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black  (D major) pride ain't a racist bag,
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it's just  (E major) digging what  (E minor) we have.
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 (G major) We  (A major) were too long  (E major) in that oth (E minor) er bag
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 (G major) to even  (A minor) realize  (E minor) what we had.
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 (E major) Yeah, all  (D major)  (E major) across the world,  (D major) 
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 (E minor) it's so  (E major) beautiful.
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I mean,  (D major) all across  (E major) the world,
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black makes you  (D major) want to say,  (E minor)  (E major) right on.
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Black is so  (D major) beautiful, brothers  (E major) and sisters.
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It's good to see the old  (E minor) days  (E major) gone.
The world is a gloomy place today,
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 (E minor) though it  (E major) hasn't always been.
At one time, even black people thought
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that our  (E minor) blackness was  (E major) a sin.
So I know you feel what I do
when I tell you how it feels
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To know that black sure is  (D major) beautiful,
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 (E major) it makes your soul feel  (E minor) real.  (E major) 
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Remember,  (D major) black is so  (E major) beautiful.
Brothers and sisters, be proud,
be black, and be strong.
Cause black folks been living dead
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 (E minor) just  (E major) a bit too long.
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 (D major) Keep the thought  (E major) in mind.
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 (E minor) Black is  (E major) so beautiful.  (E minor)  (E major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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