Tonart: C minor•
Verse 1
Cm
Gm
Malcolm X once got into an argument
Cm
Gm
with another man
Cm
as to whether they could call
themselves Americans.
Gm
I'm not an American, said Malcolm.
Cm
Why do you think you are?
Well, I'm an American
Gm
because I was born here.
Cm
Well, you could put a shoe in an oven,
Gm
but that wouldn't make it a biscuit,
Cm
said Malcolm.
Gm
I don't have any such choice.
my own New England ancestors
Bb
participated in all the decisions
Gm
Cm
of 100 years ago, 150 years ago.
I had a uncle once who wrote a poem,
Fm
Cm
I have a rendezvous with death
at midnight in some flaming town.
So I took his line
and made a new verse using it.
Eb
Cm
At midnight in some flaming angry town
I saw my country's flag
lying torn upon the ground
Eb
Cm
I ran in and dodged among the crowd
Fm
Cm
and scooped it up and ran out to safety
Eb
And then I took this
striped old piece of cloth
Gm
to wash the garbage off,
but I found it had been used
for wrapping lies.
It smelled and stank
Cm
and attracted all the flies.
While I was feverishly at my task,
Fm
Gm
I heard a husky voice that seemed to ask,
Do you think you could
Bb
Gm
change me just a bit?
Eb
Betsy Ross did her best,
Cm
but she made a few mistakes.
My blue is good, the color of the sky
Eb
The stars are good for ideals oh so high
Seven stripes of red are
Bb
strong to meet all danger
Eb
Bb
But those white stripes,
Dm
Bb
they need some changing
Gm
Cm
I need also some stripes of
deep rich brown
Fm
And some of tan and black, then all around
Eb
A border of God's gracious
green
would look good there
Maybe you should slant the stripes,
Gm
then I'd not be so square
G
Gm
Eb
I awoke and said, what a
ridiculous story
Fm
Don't let anybody say
Eb
Gm
I suggested tampering with old glory
Bb
But tonight it's near midnight
Dm
Gm
and in another flaming town
Eb
Once again I hear my country's flag
Cm
Gm
Cm
glides torn upon the ground
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