Black Man's Pride chords by Alton Ellis
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Intro 1
(E minor) (D major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor) (D major)
Verse 1
When the black (D major)
man's word (E minor) was (D major) spoken, (E minor) yes (D major)
And the white folks (E minor) thought it was (D major) a token,
(E minor) ooh
We have suffered our (D major) whole
lives (E minor) through
Doing things that you're (D major) not supposed to do,
no (E minor)
We were beaten 'til our (D major) backs
were black and blue
Oh (F sharp minor) I,
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Verse 2
I was born (E minor) a loser
Oh (F sharp minor) I, I was born (E minor) a loser
Be (A major) cause I'm a black man (F sharp minor)
Verse 3
(A major) I was (G major) living in my (F sharp minor) own land (E minor)
I was (G major) moved because of
(F sharp minor) white man's plan (E minor)
Now I am (G major) living in a (F sharp minor) white man's
land (A major)
Interlude 1
(A major) (D major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor) (D major)
Verse 4
We don't want (D major) no war (E minor) or (D major) fighting,
oh (E minor) no (D major)
All we need is (E minor) love and some (D major) living,
(E minor) ooh
We must try and live with (D major)
each other (E minor)
Knowing that we were made
by (D major) our Father (E minor)
We have suffered our (D major) whole lives through
Oh (F sharp minor) I,
Verse 5
I was born (E minor) a loser
(F sharp minor) Oh I, I was born a (E minor) loser
Be (A major) cause I'm a black man
I was (G major) living in my (F sharp minor) own
Verse 6
land (E minor)
I was (G major) moved because of
(F sharp minor) white man's plan (E minor)
And now I am (G major) living in a white (F sharp minor) man's land
(A major) Hey man (D major) (E minor) (D major)
Oh oh oh (E minor) well, yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Still I'm (D major) living
(E minor) I've got to keep (D major) on (E minor) (D major) the going
Oh (E minor) (D major) oh
Outro 1
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Black Man's Pride
Alton Ellis
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