Key: C major
Intro 1
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C
Am
Dm
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Bb
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Dm
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C
Verse 1
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shame,
it's unfair,
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G
The color of your skin
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G
Every door is shut in your face.
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F
C
So, boys, if you're brown,
Am
Dm
they say you can't stick around
Bbdim
A
But if your skin is dark,
G
C
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You're bout to suffer until you die
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Am
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C
A
Dm
F
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G
C
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C
F
Dm
I rode for a job in a big city
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G
C
The reply, I should come immediately
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G
Somebody took the job yesterday
C
F
C
So boys, if you're brown,
Am
Dm
they say you can't stick around
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G
If you're white, well,
Bbdim
A
But if your skin is dark,
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C
G
C
You've got to suffer until you die
Am
Dm
G
C
F
Bb
A
Dm
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G
C
G
C
In the month of September,
Dm
G
I got a shock to read about
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A
The governor declared
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G
for black and white
So boys, if you're brown,
Am
Dm
they say you can't stick around.
Bbdim
A
Dm
Your skin is dark, no use you try,
G
C
G
C
Am
you got to suffer until you die
Dm
G
C
Bb
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Dm
F
C
G
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G
C
You are not responsible
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G
And no one has the right
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C
to treat you with scorn
A
Dm
In the eyes of the Lord, it's a mortal sin
C
G
C
So boys, if you're brown,
Am
Dm
they say you can stick around
G
C
If you're white, well everything's alright
Bbdim
A
If your skin is dark,
C
G
C
G
You've got to suffer until you die
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Am
Dm
G
C
A
Dm
F
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G
C
You
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