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I Wish I Were Black

I Wish I Were Black easy guitar chords by Daniel Johnston

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  • Verse 1
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    D

    I like this colored girl
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    D

    An d not just to be radical
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    D

    Oh, oh, it's not practical, I know,
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    A
    D
    A
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    but I like this colored girl
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    D

    I like this colored girl
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    A
    D

    But not just to be radical.
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    D

    No, I'm not trying to be radical.
    G
    A
    D
    G

    It's just that I like her a lot.
    A
    D
    A

    You, you may say I belong
    D

    in an institution.
    G
    A
    D

    But if I gotta face this persecution,
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    A
    D

    I ain't gonna stay here for long,
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    A
    D
    G
    A

    ain't gonna stay here for long.
    D

    I like her smile.
    G
    A
    D

    We sit in the back at the movies.
    G
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    D

    I think she's really groovy.
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    A
    D

    Oh, I wish I was black.
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    D

    Oh, how I wish I was black.
    G
    A
    D
    A
    D
    G
    A
    D
    G
    A

    Oh, how I wish I was black .

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    I like this colored girl.
    G
    A
    D

    Not just to be radical.
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    A
    D

    No, I'm not trying to be radical.
    A
    D

    It's just Just that I like her a lot,
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    D

    just that I like her a lot.
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    A
    D

    Colored girl, just that I like her a lot.
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    A
    D

    Colored girl, just that I like her a lot.
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    A

    Colored girl, oh, just that I like her.
    D

    Oh, I like her.
    A
    D

    I like this colored girl. now shut up.
    A

    I know what you're saying.
    D

    Don't you say those dumb names.
    A
    D

    You're living in the past, man.

    This is the modern times.


    You're not supposed to be

    prejudiced like that.
    A

    You're dumb, stupid,
    D
    A
    D

    stupid, stupid.
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    A

    Colored girls, colored girls,
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    all colored.

    She's not just particularly
    A

    colored girls.
    D

    I just like this one colored girl.

    You know, I don't like white girls.

    If I like one white girl, she's black.

    She's black.

    She's a black girl.

    I like her.

    All right, I love her.

    I don't really love her.

    I like her a lot.

    It doesn't have to be, you know,

    what a big deal.
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    D
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    D
    A
    D
    A
    G
    D

    She's colored.

    A
    D

    I like this color, girl,
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    A
    D

    not just to be radical,
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    A
    D

    Ooh, now this is a bit radical.
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    A
    D
    G
    A
    D
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    It's just that I like her a lot.
    A
    D

    Ah, yeah.

    Again?

    Okay, alright.
    Bm
    D
    Bm
    D
    G

    I like, I like her.
    A
    D

    Woo! Cotton Lager!

    Collard! Cotton

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