The rise of the black messiah chords by Indigo Girls
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Verse 1
(A minor) They called you "The rise of the (C major) Black Messiah"
(G major) like so many boys (F major) before you
(A minor) And they'll be more,
(C major) more to (G major) follow threatening and hard (F major) to swallow
Verse 2
I'm (A minor) sit ting underneath that (C major) hanging tree,
just (G major) me and the ghost of the (F major) (A minor) KKK
Poor man's gallows in the (C major) middle of the woods
- the (G major) saddest tree that (F major) ever stood
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Interlude 1
(F major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (F major)
Verse 3
My (A minor) friend I heard you tell of (C major) slavery's end
but have you (G major) heard of mass incar (F major) ceration
That (A minor) ol' Jim Crow he just (C major) keeps getting born with a
(G major) new hanging rope for the (F major) black man's scourge
Verse 4
(A minor) Hey Ol' Man River (C major) what do you know
of that (G major) plantation they call (F major) Angloa?
The (A minor) devil spawned a (C major) prison there
- the sad (G major) dest farm that (F major) ever lived
Verse 5
Your (C major) great- granddaddy he (G major) worked that land
with shackles (F major) on his feet and on hands
He (C major) built them levees he (G major) chopped that can
he (F major) died in the mud in his chains
Now you stand where he once stood shackles
on you all the (A minor) same
(C major) (G major) (F major)
Verse 6
But he's gonna (C major) rise, he's gonna (G major) rise and (F major) all
them lynchers are gonna be damned
When outta that mud walks a brand (A minor) new man (C major)
(G major)
Interlude 2
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(C major) (G major) (F major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (F major)
Verse 7
They (A minor) called you "The Rise of the (C major) Black
Messiah" and said they'd (G major) do any damn
Thing they (F major) could to keep ya-
(A minor) You and your brothers from (C major) spreading the word,
the (G major) gospel of freedom and
(F major) Black man's worth
Verse 8
(A minor) 40 years in (C major) solitary,
con (G major) sider the man they just (F major) can't bury
(A minor) I got this letter in my (C major) hand,
saying (G major) tell this story (F major) when you can
Verse 9
He's gonna (C major) rise, he's gonna (G major) rise and (F major) all
them lynchers are gonna be damned
When (D minor) outta that hold walks a brand (A minor) new man
Outro 1
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The rise of the black messiah
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