Kunci: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When the white man went to
Africa
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G
With a briefcase in his hand
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D
A pristine
Bible held in a cup
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G
As a black man held the land
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G
Now the black man holds the
Bible
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G
Realize the
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Cm
Who carved out the continent
Em
C
Friar
Rosa,
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D
Ham, a living stone I presume
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D
Fire and brimstone in their soul,
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a book shot in their belt
The good book caught a bullet,
D
left the hand the white man dealt
In
East
C
Cm
Africa they called you boy, in the
Em
D
And you realized,
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D
C
Lord, the
Lord is the
White
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Tom
When the
Scotsman went to the
C
Caribbean with his little
G
C
Honda boat
D
He stepped ashore and took the young
C
G
man tightly by the throat
C
Any man who sleeps with mine, to
Hades they'll be gone
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G
And you realize the
D
C
Lord, the
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Cm
And as he taught them every single verse,
G
Em
to old amazing grace
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Cm
Betting, bouts of kill, and bruiser banter,
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D
perfectly in place
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D
Fire and brimstone in their soul,
G
and buckshot in their belt
The good book caught a bullet,
D
that's the hand the white man dealt
In
East
C
Cm
Africa they called it war, in the
Em
D
And you realize the
G
D
C
Lord, the
When the white folk started singing,
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G
C
they only did in solemn prayer
D
Not so pop some neighbors did,
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for spirits take them there
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Now the gospel singer, she plays the clubs,
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and this old man cleans the john
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G
Lord is a white con
Blind
Fuller,
Cm
Howlin'
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Em
Wolf, and all the bluesmen gone
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Cm
All we've got to show for it is
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D
just throwin' it number one
G
Flying brimstone in their soul,
a buckshot in their belt
D
G
The good boy caught a bullet,
D
that's the hand the white man dealt
In
East
C
Cm
Africa, they called it war
In the
G
Em
West, just plain gossip
D
G
And you realize the
D
G
Lord, the
G
When the white man started singing
Em
C
Em
He put fin gers straight in the air
G
He wouldn't play a song of style
Em
That might risk his career
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Cm
Previously, a slave would trade
G
Em
his freedom for the chance
D
To get off board and follow white men,
do a song or dance
G
Now the whole world's screaming, I repeat,
Em
C
Em
that it's lighter than a swan
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D
G
And finally you realize, the
Em
C
Em
Lord's a blue icon
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Of
Jim
Cm
Crow, the minstrel show,
Em
D
You think you'll make it up to them
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D
with a touch of harpery
G
Fire and brimstone in their soul,
buckshot in their bell
Your good book or the bullet,
D
let your hand the white man dealt
In
East
C
Cm
Africa they called you boy, in the
Em
D
And you realize the
Lord, the
C
G
Lord is a white con
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