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What Color (Is A Man) chords by Bobby Bare

  • D

  • A

  • C

  • F

  • G

  • Bb

  • Em

Verse 1
D
One day, a little boy climbed
up on his daddy's knee
A
With picture and crayons in his hand
D
He said, "When I grow up,
this is a man I want to be
C
Daddy, what color is a man?"
D
Verse 2
D
"When I'm a man, I want to be happy
A
I want to be strong and free
D
I want to be brave like a soldier
C
What crayon should I use
D
to color me?"
C
F
C
F

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Verse 3
C
F
C
If you color him blue son,
F
G
he may not be a happy man
F
Bb
F
If you color him red son,
Bb
C
someone may steal his land
G
C
G
D
If you color him green or yellow,
G
C
G
D
he may be jealous and cowardly
Em
A
If you color him black son,
Em
A
he may never be free
D
Verse 4
He told him, "Son, put your crayons away
A
And try your best to understand
D
Man's never made of any color, my boy
C
Color never made any man,
any man..."
D
(No man, no man, no man, no man)
N/A
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