Chords for Black Man in America

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Say, _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] you _ _ love [Bbm] me
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[Fm] So now let me tell you a story
[Bbm] For a life
_ Tell [Fm] me what you know [Db] about it _ _
[Bbm] You
_ Tell [Db] me what you know about [Fm] me _ _
[Gb] Me _ _ _
[Fm] I'm just a black man trying to get to [Bbm] work
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Just trying [F] to feed my _ family
[Bbm] Like fabric, you know what that means
[Fm] Here's my license and registration _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ [F] And my two hands are on the wheel _ _
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[Fm] I'm cooperating, I ain't really saying [Bbm] nothing sweet
_ _ _ [Ab] But still you won't let me [Fm] live
Four [Bbm] years long _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ Hard to be a [Bbm] black [Bb] man _
[Fm] In _ _ _ _ _
[F] America
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[Fm] America
_ _ America
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[Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] Four years [Bbm] long
_ _ Boss [Fm] man outside the job _ _ _
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[Fm] Smoking his new wood shoes _ _
[Bbm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ I [Fm] can tell he's about to be up on some [Bbm] bullshit
Aw man, so fun
[Fm] I ain't got time for this
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America
_ _ He [Fm] said, boy, don't you know how to tell time? _
[Bbm] _ _ _ I [Ab] said, boy, _ okay, I know [Fm] I'm late _
[Bbm] America
_ _ I [Fm] said, I got put over, I apologize, [Bbm] I fit the description _ _
[Fm] Of a suspect today
[Bbm] Four years long
Hard _ _
[Fm] _ _ to be a [Bbm] black _ [Bb] man
In [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] America _ _ _ _
[Fm] America _ _ _ _
[Bbm] America _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Bbm] Four years long
I _ _ [Fm] come home to a woman [F] who loves [Bbm] me
_ _ _ And [Fm] don't see me as a [F] nigga _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
Cause I'm a [Fm] provider, full-time food supplier, [Bbm] work for hire _ _
[Fm] There ain't no room for _ _ [Bbm] slack
I got my _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] noodles cookin' on the stove _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ I only [Fm] make $8.50 an hour
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_ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ I [Fm] got an education but they'd rather see me [Bbm] struggle so [A] long _
[Fm] Guess I just don't have the power
[Bbm] Four years long _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ Hard to be [Bbm] a black man _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ Black [Bbm] man in America _ _ _
[Fm] America _ _ _
[Bbm] Oh, America _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] Four years _ long _ _ _
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[Fm] _ Four _ _ [Bbm] _
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