I Wish I Were Black chords by Daniel Johnston
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Verse 1
I (A major) like this (D major) colored girl
(G major) An d not just (D major) to be radical
Oh, (A major) oh, it's not prac (D major) tical, I know,
but (G major) I (A major) like this colored (D major) girl (A major) (B minor)
(A major) I like (D major) this colored girl
(G major) But not (A major) just to be (D major) radical.
(G major) No, I'm not (A major) trying to be (D major) radical.
It's (G major) just that I (A major) like her a (D major) lot. (G major)
(A major) You, (D major) you (A major) may say I belong
in an institu (D major) tion.
(G major) But if I gotta (A major) face this per (D major) secution,
I (G major) ain't (A major) gonna stay (D major) here for long,
(G major) ain't gonna (A major) stay here for (D major) long. (G major) (A major)
I like her smile. (D major)
(G major) We sit in the (A major) back (D major) at the movies.
(G major) I think (A major) she's really (D major) groovy.
Oh, (G major) I (A major) wish I was (D major) black.
Oh, (G major) how I (A major) wish I (D major) was black.
(G major) Oh, how I (A major) wish I was (D major) black (A major) (D major) . (G major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (A major)
I like (D major) this colored girl.
(G major) Not (A major) just to be (D major) radical.
(G major) No, I'm not (A major) trying to be (D major) radical.
It's just Just that I (A major) like (D major) her a lot,
just (G major) that (D major) I like her a lot.
Colored girl, (G major) just (A major) that I like her a (D major) lot.
Colored girl, (G major) just that I (A major) like her a (D major) lot.
Colored girl, oh, (G major) just that (A major) I like her.
(D major) Oh, I like her.
I like this colored (A major) girl. (D major) now shut up.
I know what you're say (A major) ing.
(D major) Don't you say those dumb names.
You're living (A major) in the (D major) past, man.
This is the modern times.
You're not supposed to be
prejudiced like that.
You're (A major) dumb, stupid,
(D major) (A major) stupid, (D major) stupid.
Colored (G major) girls, colored (A major) girls,
all (D major) colored.
She's not just particularly
(A major) colored girls.
(D major) 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.
(A major) She's colored. (B minor) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (G major) (D major)
I like (A major) (D major) this color, girl,
not (G major) (A major) just to be (D major) radical,
Ooh, (G major) now (A major) this is a (D major) bit radical.
(G major) It's just that (A major) I like (D major) her a lot. (G major) (A major) (D major) (G major)
(A major) Ah, yeah. (D major)
Again?
Okay, alright.
(B minor) (D major) I (B minor) like, I like her. (D major) (G major)
Woo! (A major) (D major) Cotton Lager!
Collard! Cotton
I Wish I Were Black
Daniel Johnston
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