Born Dead chords by
J.b. Lenoir
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Key: F major

Verse 1
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Lord why was
F F 
 
I born in Mississippi,
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F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
When it's so hard to get ahead
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Eb Eb 
 
Why was I born in Mississippi,
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F F 
 
When it's so hard to get
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
ahead
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Every black child born in Mississippi
F F 
 
C C 
 
You know the poor child is born dead
F F 
 
When he came

Verse 2
Bb Bb 
 
into the world
F F 
 
The doctor spank him, the
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
black baby cry
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
When he came into the world
Bb Bb 
 
The doctor spank him, the
F F 
 
black baby cry
C C 
 
Everybody thought he had a life
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
And that's why the black
F F 
 
baby died
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 

Verse 3
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
He will never speak his lan guage
F F 
 
The poor baby will never
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
speak his mind
Lord he will never speak his
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
language
The poor baby will never
F F 
 
speak his mind
The poor child will never
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
know his mind
Why in the world he's so poor
F F 
 
C C 
 

Verse 4
F F 
 
Lord why was I born in Mississippi
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
When it's so hard to get ahead
Bb Bb 
 
Lord why was I born
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Bb Bb 
 
in Mississippi
F F 
 
When it's so hard to get ahead
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
Every black child born in Mississippi
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
You know the poor child was born dead

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ChordsF Bb C Eb Cm

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