A Toast to the People Chords by Black & Blues, Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron

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_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ And [Em] though it's been too [Am] long, and too [G] many [Em] years have passed,
[F] _ [C] and [Em] though the time has [Db] gone, [F] _ the memory [Em] _
still holds [Ab] fast.
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] Though strange it may seem, [Cm] _ [Bb] [Ab] we still live in the [Fm] past.
[Ab] The essence of a black life, oh, _ _
_ [Fm] _ [F] how [Am] we're glad.
_ And ever since [G] we came to [C] this land, the South [Em] has ruled the day.
[Am] _ When [G] we would stand as [Am] one, and raise our [G] [Em] voices and say,
[Fm] _ [E] you [Fm] know there will be no [F] more [A] lynching, [Bb] _
and no more [Ab] jungle class.
[Bb] _ [Ab]
My [Fm] sons and my [Ab] daughters, won't die, [Fm] _ _ [Dm] I will clap.
A toast [Em] to [G] David Walker, _ [F] _
a toast [G] to Martin King,
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a [C] toast to [G] all the leaders [Am] of _
_ _ [Em] the golden dream.
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A [C] toast [Em] to all black [G] fathers, [F] _ _
who [Em] lived their life in vain.
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A [Em] toast to all black [Am] mothers, _ _ who [Em] showed their [G] life in vain.
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A toast [Em] to [G] the people, _ [F] yeah, a toast [Em] to [D] the [G] people, _ [F] _
yeah.
The [G] beautiful people, _ _ [F] yeah, the [G] beautiful people, _ _ [F] yeah.
My [G] beautiful black brothers, _ [Fm] [Am] yeah, my [Em] beautiful black brothers, _ _ [Fm] [Am] yeah.
My [G] beautiful black sisters, _ _ [Am] _ _
my [Em] beautiful black sisters.
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Our sisters [Em] and our brothers, _ _ [Ab] _ [F]
our sisters [Am] and our brothers.
_ [Em] [F] My black sisters.
My black sisters.
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