Misrepresented People chords by Stevie Wonder
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Intro 1
(E minor) (E minor) (A major) (D major) (B minor) (E minor) (B major) (E minor)
(A major) (D major)
(B major)
Verse 1
In (E minor) 1492 you (A major) came upon these shores. (D major)
Seven hundred years, (B minor)
(E minor) educated by (D major) the (E minor) moors;
17th Century,
geno (A major) cide and the gun (D major)
Middle Passage blessed (B minor) (E minor) to
market the (A major) Afric (D major) ans.
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Verse 2
In the (C minor) so- called "Land of (D major) God"
My (C minor) kind were treated (B major) hard.
(E minor) From back then until (A minor) now
I see, and (E minor) you agree
We (C major) have been (D major) a mis
(B major) represented (E minor) people.
Verse 3
From back then until (A minor) now
Just see my (E minor) family tree;
We have been a mis (B major) represented (E minor) people.
We (A major) have been a mis (B major) represented (E minor) people.
Interlude 1
(E minor) (B major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
(B minor) (E minor) (B major) (E minor) (A major) (C sharp minor) (A major) (C major) (E minor)
Verse 4
19th century, slavery (A major) destroyed. (D major)
Soldiers who (C sharp minor) fought and won (B minor)
What's (E minor) known as "nigger- boys". (D major)
(E minor) 20th cen (D major) tury,
(E minor) with (C sharp minor) freedom in my (C minor) hand, (D major)
We invent (C sharp minor) ideas (B minor)
(A major) Which (E minor) helped us save (A major) a land, (D major)
Verse 5
But (C minor) while I prayed to (D major) God
My (C minor) moms and pops got
(B major) (E minor) whored.
From back then until (A minor) now
You"ll see our (B major) history;
(C major) We have been a mis
(B major) represented (E minor) people.
From back (A minor) then until
Verse 6
now
Just see my family (B major) (E minor) tree;
(C major) We have been a mis
(B major) represented (E minor) people
Yes, we (A minor) have been a mis (B major) represented (E minor) people. (D major) (E minor) (B major)
(D major) (A major) (D major) (G sharp minor) (F sharp major) (B major) (C sharp major) (E minor) (F sharp major)
Verse 7
(G sharp minor)
(D sharp major) (G sharp minor)
1969- - Black power's (C sharp major) at the door. (F sharp major)
(D sharp minor) 1982- - Hop- hop (G sharp minor) was on
the floor. (F sharp major) (G sharp minor)
1992- - Gang (C sharp major) sta crack pre (E minor) vailed. (F sharp major)
(D sharp minor) 1999- - Our col (G sharp minor) ors filled (C sharp minor) the jails. (F sharp major)
Verse 8
It is (E minor) through the grace of (F sharp major) God
That (E minor) we all were not (D sharp major) scarred.
(G sharp minor) From back (C sharp minor) then until now
We see no (D sharp major) comedy
(G sharp minor) We (E major) have been (Edim) a mis
(D sharp major) represented (G sharp minor) people.
Verse 9
From back then until (C sharp minor) now
Were we still a (D sharp major) (G sharp minor) mystery;
(E major) We have been (F sharp major) a mis (D sharp major) represented (G sharp minor) people.
(B major) Yes, we (C sharp minor) have been a mis
(D sharp major) represented (G sharp minor) people.
Verse 10
Though we march across (C sharp minor) time,
A sea of (D sharp major) victories,
(G sharp minor) We (E major) have been a mis
(D sharp major) represented (G sharp minor) people.
Verse 11
From back then until (C sharp minor) now
You know we made (D sharp major) you (G sharp minor) grow;
(E major) We have been (Edim) a mis
(D sharp major) represented people. (G sharp minor)
We (C sharp minor) have been a mis
(D sharp major) represented (G sharp minor) people.
Verse 12
From back then until (C sharp minor) now
We see our (D sharp major) destiny (G sharp minor)
To (E major) never be a mis
(D sharp major) represented (G sharp minor) people. (F sharp major)
(G sharp minor) Yes, we march across
Verse 13
(C sharp minor) to time to free
A (D sharp major) (G sharp minor) melody
To (E major) never (E minor) be a mis
(D sharp major) represented people. (G sharp minor)
Verse 14
No you must (C sharp minor) never be a mis
(D sharp major) represented (G sharp minor) people.
Misrepresented People
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