Chords for Black is Beautiful

[Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] My mama used to tell me to love the skin I'm in.
I [Ebm] didn't always understand her.
I didn't always [Eb] listen, but now I know better.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] Now I know better.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] I didn't like my curls that blew up through the [Eb] sun
because I wanted to fit in and look like everyone else around me.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] Until I found me [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Eb] Ebony chocolate [C] [Dm] or cafe au [G] lait.
[Eb] Our skin is gorgeous [Cm] no [Dm] matter what they [Eb] say.
So block out the noise, hear the voice [C] of [D] God who made us [Gm] well.
As he listens to [Eb] you, let it break [C] through.
And know [D] your black is beautiful.
[Gm] _
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] It's [Gm] beautiful. _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ [Bb] This world of so much danger, people with this [Eb] skin,
because people stay trying to put out the light we have within.
We can't let them.
_ _ _ No, [Gm] we can't let them.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] See, Rosa, Martin, Malcolm all did what they could.
[Ebm] We got to rise up, fight back, stand where they stood.
[Cm] Because it's our duty to _ _ [Gm] proclaim our beauty.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Eb] Ebony [C] chocolate [G] or cafe au lait.
[Eb] Our skin is [C] gorgeous no matter [D] what they say.
[G] So block [Eb] out the noise, hear the [C] voice of God [D] who made us well.
[G] As he listens [Eb] to you, let it break [C] through.
And know your [D] black is [Eb] beautiful. _
We [Cm] are Maya's brilliance, [Gm] Nelson's resilience.
_ [F] And with [Bb] Harriet's strength, [Eb] we move.
We [Cm] are Ruby's dairy, with voices [Gm] worth sharing.
_ [F] Like [Bb] Billie and [Eb] Mahalia. _
So [Cm] sing it loud.
_ [Ab] Sing it proud.
_ Oh, oh, oh, oh.
[Eb] _ _
Ebony [Cm] chocolate or [Eb] cafe au lait.
Our skin is [Cm] gorgeous no matter what [G] they say.
So block [Eb] out the noise, hear the [C] voice of God [Dm] who made us well.
[G] As he listens [Eb] to you, let it break [C] through.
And know [Dm] your black is [Gm] beautiful.
[Eb] Oh, [Cm] oh, oh, oh.
[D] It's [G] beautiful.
[Eb]
Oh, oh, [C] oh, oh.
_ [D] _ [Gm] So beautiful.
[Eb] Oh, oh, [C] oh, [D] oh.
We're [Eb] beautiful. _
_ _ [Cm] And know your black [Dm] is [Gm] beautiful.