Key: C major
Intro 1
C
F
Bb
F
C
F
C
Am
C
F
C
Am
C
F
Verse 1
C
F
C
Langston had a one -way ticket
Fm
C
out to the stony lonesome
Dm
G
and old Walt Whitman he chose
Cm
Eb
The dark of rivers,
Cm
Dm
Gsus4
the harmony of bros.
Bb
F
He found the black in the blues.
Db
Bb
Fm
He taught the cool, cool lyric
G
E
he wrote the news
Am
Bb
He won the honor, won the degree
Db
Bb
He called himself a refugee
F
C
Ab
Ebdim
D
Db
Baug
But who did Langston
C
F
C
F
C
D
G
C
G
D
G
love?
D
Bayard had a round trip ticket
Gm
D
down to the place of danger
Em
A
it was Montgomery he chose.
Dm
Em
A
the passive to expose,
D
Em
D
he saw his brothers,
C
G
He found a bar in the night.
Gm
Eb
C
Gm
He knew the hard, hard system,
Edim
Em
how to get down,
A
F#
down for the fight.
Bm
C
He stood by Gandhi,
brought him to Martin,
Eb
C
Put it together in 63,
G
D
Ddim
E
Eb
F
A
but who did Bayard love?
D
G
Dsus4
G
D
G
C
D
E
A
E
A
Em
A
E
Baldwin had a home -bound ticket,
Am
E
nobody knew his name,
F#m
B
heard in the south of France.
Em
F#m
the darkness of a glance.
B
E
F#m
E
He heard his language
D
A
He took the length of the shelf
F
D
Am
He knew the deep, deep sorrow
A
F#
F#m
B
How to get home, home to himself
G#
C#m
D
He filled a chapel with
music and fire,
F
D
burning hot for a native son,
A
E
Gm
F#
C
B
Em
Dbdim
but who did Baldwin love?
Bbdim
C
E
Edim
Bbdim
A
G#
G#aug
G
F#
C
E
A
E
A
E
A
E
Langston Love
D
E
You
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