Key: Bb minor
Intro 1
Am
Em
F
Am
Esus4
Am
Em
F
Am
Verse 1
Am
Bye- bye,
Em
Am
G
my baby, I'll rock you to sleep
C
D
Sing you a sad song,
C
D
it might make you weep
Am
C
Your daddy is dead and
Bm
Em
he'll never come back
Am
C
And the reason they killed him,
F
Dm
Em
because he was black
Verse 2
Em
Am
G
I'll tell you a story
Am
G
that you ought to know
C
D
It happened in our town
C
D
a short while ago
Am
C
Your daddy was walking
Bm
Em
alone for some air
Am
G
F
And a man in the bushes was
Dm
Em
waiting right there
E
Verse 3
Em
E
Am
G
That man shot your daddy and
Am
G
laughed while he died
C
D
Your daddy lay dying with
C
D
tears in his eyes
Am
C
He cried for the things that
Bm
Em
a man leaves undone
Am
And he cried for the dreams that
Dm
he had for his son
Interlude 1
Em
Am
Verse 4
G
What will you do, son,
Am
G
when you are a man?
C
D
Will you learn to live lonely
C
D
and hate all you can?
Am
C
Will you try to be happy
Bm
Em
and try not to see
Am
G
Dm
That all men are slaves till their brothers are
Em
free?
Interlude 2
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E
Am
Em
Am
Em
Am
F
Am
Verse 5
G
Bye- bye, my baby,
Am
G
I'll rock you to sleep
C
D
Sing you a sad song,
C
D
it might make you weep
Am
C
Your daddy is dead and
Bm
Em
he'll never come back
Am
G
And the reason they killed him,
Dm
Em
because he was black
Outro 1
Em
D
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