I Wish I Were Black
I Wish I Were Black

I Wish I Were Black easy guitar chords by Daniel Johnston

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    • Verse 1
    I 
    like 
    this 
    colored girl 

    An
    d not just 
    to be radical 

    Oh, 
    oh, 
    it's not 
    prac
    tical, 
    I know, 

    but 
    I 
    like 
    this colored 
    girl 

    I 
    like 
    this 
    colored 
    girl 

    But 
    not 
    just to 
    be 
    rad
    ical. 

    No, 
    I'm not 
    try
    ing 
    to be 
    radical. 

    It's 
    just that 
    I 
    like 
    her a 
    lot. 

    You, 
    you 
    may 
    say 
    I belong 

    in an 
    institu
    tion. 

    But 
    if I gotta 
    face 
    this per
    secution, 

    I 
    ain't 
    gonna 
    stay 
    here 
    for long, 

    ain't 
    gonna 
    stay 
    here for 
    long. 

    I 
    like 
    her smile. 

    We 
    sit in the 
    back 
    at the 
    movies. 

    I 
    think 
    she's 
    really 
    groovy. 

    Oh, 
    I 
    wish 
    I was 
    black. 

    Oh, 
    how I 
    wish 
    I 
    was 
    black. 

    Oh, 
    how I 
    wish 
    I 
    was 
    black
    . 


    I 
    like 
    this 
    colored 
    girl. 

    Not 
    just to 
    be 
    rad
    ical. 

    No, 
    I'm not 
    try
    ing 
    to be 
    rad
    ical. 

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

    just 
    that 
    I like 
    her a 
    lot. 

    Colored 
    girl, 
    just 
    that I 
    like her 
    a 
    lot. 

    Colored 
    girl, 
    just 
    that 
    I 
    like 
    her a 
    lot. 

    Colored 
    girl, 
    oh, 
    just 
    that 
    I like 
    her. 

    Oh, 
    I like 
    her. 

    I 
    like 
    this colored 
    girl. 
    now 
    shut 
    up. 

    I 
    know what 
    you're say
    ing. 

    Don't 
    you say 
    those 
    dumb names. 

    You're 
    living 
    in 
    the 
    pas
    t, 
    man. 

    This is 
    the 
    modern 
    times. 


    You're not supposed 
    to be 

    prejudiced like 
    that. 

    You're 
    dumb, stupid, 

    stupid, 
    stupid. 

    Colored 
    girls, 
    colored 
    girls, 

    all 
    colored. 

    She's not 
    just 
    particularly 

    colored girls. 

    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. 

    She's colored. 


    I 
    like 
    this 
    color, 
    girl, 

    not 
    just to 
    be 
    rad
    ical, 

    Ooh, 
    now 
    this 
    is a 
    bit radical. 

    It's 
    just that 
    I like 
    her a 
    lot. 

    Ah, 
    yeah. 

    Again? 

    Okay, 
    alright. 

    I 
    like, I 
    like her. 

    Woo! 
    Cotton 
    Lager! 

    Collard! 
    Cot
    ton 

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