The Kink - Black Mesiah | With Chord Guitar
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| Key Guitar - Sterno Studio |
Intro:
G B7 Em Em/D C
D A
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb F
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
G B7 Em Em/D C
Everybody talking about racial equality
G B7 Em Em/D C
'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes.
G D Em Em/D C
But if I told you that God was black what would you think of that
G D G
I bet you wouldn't believe it.
G6 B7 Em Em/D C
There's a self made prophet living right next to me
G B7 Em Em/D C
he said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free.
G D Em Em/D C
He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied
F C F
and he really believed it.
B7 Em B7 Em
He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire
G D D7 G
and he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word.
G B7 Em Em/D C
Everybody talking about racial equality
G B7 Em Em/D C
but I'm the only honky living on an all black street
G D Em Em/D C
they knock me down 'cos they brown and I white.
D A
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb F
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
Chorus:
G B7 Em Em/D C 2X
G B7 Em Em/D C
Everybody talking about racial equality
G B7 Em Em/D C
you hear everybody talking about equal rights.
G D Em Em/D C
But white's white, black's black and that's that
F C F
and that's the way you should leave it.
B7 Em B7 Em
Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire
G D D7 D13 G
a Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world
G B7 Em Em/D C
Everybody got to show a little give and take
G B7 Em Em/D C
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
G D Em Em/D C
Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out.
D A
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
C G
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
