What Color (Is A Man) chords by Bobby Bare

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) One day, a little boy climbed
up on his daddy's knee
A 
With picture and crayons in his  (A major) hand
D 
He said,  (D major) "When I grow up,
this is a man I want to be
C 
 (C major) Daddy, what color is a man?"
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 2
D 
 (D major) "When I'm a man, I want to be happy
A 
I want to be strong and  (A major) free
D 
I  (D major) want to be brave like a soldier
C 
What  (C major) crayon should I use
D 
to color  (D major) me?"
C 
F 
C 
F 
 (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 

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Verse 3
C 
F 
C 
 (C major) If you  (F major) color him  (C major) blue son,
F 
G 
he may not  (F major) be a happy  (G major) man
F 
Bb 
F 
 (F major) If you  (B flat major) color him  (F major) red son,
Bb 
C 
 (B flat major) someone may steal his  (C major) land
G 
C 
G 
D 
 (G major) If you  (C major) color him  (G major) green or yel (D major) low,
G 
C 
G 
D 
he  (G major) may be  (C major) jealous and  (G major) cowardly  (D major) 
Em 
A 
 (E minor) If you color him  (A major) black son,
Em 
A 
 (E minor) he may never be  (A major) free
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 4
He told him, "Son, put your crayons away
A 
And try your best to under (A major) stand
D 
 (D major) Man's never made of any color, my boy
C 
 (C major) Color never made any man,
any man..."
D 
(No man, no man, no  (D major) man, no man)