The American Negro chords by
Adrian Younge
Adrian Younge

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Key: B minor
Verse 1
Am
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Bb
Bb

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I am an evolving term
that we can't agree on
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Bb

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Bb
Bb

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A multitude of colours
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Bb
Bb

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Dm
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Some can't quite pro cess
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Am
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A porch monkey that ar
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F
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rived as a jungle bunny
Bb
Bb

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Am
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A boy, even though I was
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Am
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never a pickaninny
I am the sound of America
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Bb
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Am
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The dissonance they created
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I am a black
Verse 2
Dm
Dm

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Bb
Bb

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Am
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American
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Coloured by America's ineptitude
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Am
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Dm
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Am
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I am an African American
Struggling with my allegiance
Bb
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to the motherland
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Am
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I am an evolving light living
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Am
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under the shade of our ancestors
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Am
Am

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I am your American
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negro
Interlude 1
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F
F

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Verse 3
Dm
Dm

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Am
Am

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Sun burns in the shade
Dm
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Am
Am

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Dm
Dm

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My melanin feels the light
Don't worry about radiation
F
F

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Am
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F
F

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Dm
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The people's gon'
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Am
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F
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be alright
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Sun burns in
Verse 4
the shade
My melanin feels the light
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The people's gon' be
Interlude 2
alright
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Bb
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Bb
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F
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Love
Verse 5
Dm
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my people
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Dm
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See the world through the
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Ebm
Ebm

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Abm
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darkness
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Bb
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Ebm
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Dm
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Abm
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Ebm
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Abm
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Black shine, no loss
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B
B

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Abm
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Ebm
Ebm

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B
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to shine
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Ebm
Ebm

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B
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Abm
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Black love, oh
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G#m
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Dm
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F
F

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Am
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Dm
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Light up the world under the sky
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We
Verse 6
Dm
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need more love (We need to feel
more love)
We've got to give more love
We need to feel more love
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We've got to give more love
Verse 7
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Am
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Sun burns in the shade
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My melanin feels the light
Don't worry about radiation
F
F

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C
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Dm
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The people's gon' be alright
Interlude 3
Sun burns in the shade
Dm
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Asus4
Asus4

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Bb
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Asus4
Asus4

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Am
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Dm
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F
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Bb
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Dm
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Am
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Asus4
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Dm
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Em
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Asus4
Asus4

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Am
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Em
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Am
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Asus4
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Am
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Verse 8
Dm
Dm

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No matter the perjorative choice,
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we are black
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Unlike the tar they used on their faces
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To reinforce a stereotype
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Their ste reos don't like
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Am
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And I say this because I am of sound
Verse 9
mind
And the sounds that rever
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berate in my mind
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Are never confused by the volume
Dm
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of misinformation
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Am
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Programming the mind
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s of America
Verse 10
Dm
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Black people, listen to your own music
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Dm
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As soul is the connection to our ancestors
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Dm
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A language of tonal tensions
Teaching an audience it was
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never intended for

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