Tonart: C major
Intro 1
G
C
Am
Dm
G
C
Bb
A
Dm
G
C
Verse 1
C
shame,
it's unfair,
Dm
but what can you do?
F
G
The color of your skin
A
You can tour the world,
Dm
you still will get no place.
F
G
Every door is shut in your face.
C
F
C
So, boys, if you're brown,
Am
Dm
they say you can't stick around
Bbdim
A
But if your skin is dark,
G
C
G
You're bout to suffer until you die
C
Am
Dm
G
C
A
Dm
F
C
G
C
G
C
F
Dm
I rode for a job in a big city
F
G
C
The reply, I should come immediately
A
But when they saw my face,
Dm
the foreman turn and say
F
G
Somebody took the job yesterday
C
F
C
So boys, if you're brown,
Am
Dm
they say you can't stick around
F
G
If you're white, well,
Bbdim
A
But if your skin is dark,
G
C
G
C
You've got to suffer until you die
Am
Dm
G
C
F
Bb
A
Dm
F
G
C
G
C
In the month of September,
Dm
G
I got a shock to read about
C
the problem in Little Rock.
F
A
The governor declared
Dm
it's against the rule
F
G
for black and white
C
to go to the same school.
So boys, if you're brown,
Am
Dm
they say you can't stick around.
C
everything's all right.
Bbdim
A
Dm
Your skin is dark, no use you try,
G
C
G
C
Am
you got to suffer until you die
Dm
G
C
Bb
A
Dm
F
C
G
C
G
C
You are not responsible
Dm
for how you were born
F
G
And no one has the right
F
C
to treat you with scorn
A
Dm
In the eyes of the Lord, it's a mortal sin
G
To condemn a person through their skin
C
G
C
So boys, if you're brown,
Am
Dm
they say you can stick around
G
C
If you're white, well everything's alright
Bbdim
A
If your skin is dark,
C
G
C
G
You've got to suffer until you die
C
Am
Dm
G
C
A
Dm
F
C
G
C
You
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