The rise of the black messiah

The rise of the black messiah easy guitar chords by Indigo Girls

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  • Verse 1
    They called 
    you "The rise 
    of 
    the 
    Black Messiah" 

    like so 
    many 
    boys 
    before 
    you 

    And they'll be 
    more, 

    more to 
    fol
    low 
    threatening 
    and hard 
    to swallow 

    Verse 2
    I'm 
    sit
    ting 
    underneath 
    that 
    hanging 
    tree, 

    just 
    me and 
    the ghost 
    of the 
    KKK 

    Poor 
    man's 
    gallows 
    in 
    the 
    middle 
    of the woods 

    - the 
    sad
    dest 
    tree 
    that 
    ever 
    stood 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 3
    My 
    friend 
    I heard you 
    tell 
    of 
    slavery's 
    end 

    but have you 
    heard 
    of mass 
    incar
    ceration 

    That 
    ol' Jim 
    Crow 
    he just 
    keeps 
    getting 
    born 
    with 

    new 
    hanging 
    rope 
    for 
    the 
    black man's 
    scourge 

    Verse 4
    Hey Ol' Man 
    River 
    what do you know 

    of that 
    plantation 
    they call 
    Angloa? 

    The 
    devil 
    spawned 
    prison 
    there 

    - the sad
    dest 
    farm 
    that 
    ever 
    lived 

    Verse 5
    Your 
    great- 
    granddaddy 
    he 
    worked 
    that 
    land 

    with shackles 
    on his 
    feet 
    and on 
    hands 

    He 
    built 
    them 
    levees 
    he 
    chopped 
    that 
    can 

    he 
    died 
    in 
    the mud 
    in his 
    chains 

    Now you 
    stand 
    where he once 
    stood 
    shackles 

    on 
    you all the 
    same 

    Verse 6

    But he's 
    gonna 
    rise, 
    he's 
    gonna 
    rise 
    and 
    all 

    them lynchers 
    are 
    gonna be 
    damned 

    When outta 
    that mud 
    walks 
    a brand 
    new man 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 7
    They 
    called 
    you "The Rise 
    of 
    the 
    Black 

    Messiah" 
    and 
    said they'd 
    do any 
    damn 

    Thing 
    they 
    could to 
    keep 
    ya- 

    You 
    and your 
    brothers 
    from 
    spreading 
    the word, 

    the 
    gospel 
    of freedom 
    and 

    Black 
    man's 
    worth 

    Verse 8
    40 years 
    in 
    solitary, 

    con
    sider 
    the man 
    they just 
    can't 
    bury 

    got this 
    letter 
    in my 
    hand, 

    saying 
    tell 
    this 
    story 
    when 
    you 
    can 

    Verse 9
    He's gonna 
    rise, 
    he's 
    gonna 
    rise 
    and 
    all 

    them lynchers 
    are 
    gonna be 
    damned 

    When 
    outta 
    that hold 
    walks 
    a brand 
    new 
    man 
    Outro 1





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