Chords for Colorblind

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[B] If you [Ebm] had a choice [E] of your color, [Db] _ _
[Gb] could [Ebm] you tell me what [E] it would [Dbm] be? _
[B] Red, [Ebm] yellow, brown, [E] white or amber, [Dbm] _ _
[B] which heaven [Ebm] would work so [E] good for me?
[Bbm] _ _
[Abm] It [G] doesn't matter [B] the color of [Db] your skin, [Dbm] but what matters is [B] your heart and your soul,
[E] and spirit down there with me.
[Db] If we were blind, [B] what _ _ _ [Eb] if we [Bbm] were blind?
How low is the [Eb] line if hatred [Abm] remained?
[Gb] And would we [A] begin [Cm] to kill the wounds [Dbm] inside [B] of racism [E] that has gone unlaid?
[Db] Oh, _ [B] _ colorblind, [Em] what [Eb] if we were _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] colorblind?
Could I be your [Abm] neighbor, then [Gb] we could play golf [A] and be friends,
[Ab] and place the past [Dbm] behind?
_ _ _ [Gb] _ If we were [B] colorblind, [Ebm] _ [E] oh,
_ She [B] said [Ebm] I'd never stop [E] waiting patiently [Dbm] while [B] _ [Ebm] the neighbors [B] passed her [Dbm] by. _
[B] At six [Ebm] years old, she really [E] couldn't [Dbm] understand, no, no, no, [B] no, no, no, no,
why some [Ebm] of them turned [E] and rolled [Bbm] their eyes.
[Abm] I was crushed [G] by the moment [B] when Shannon [Db] turned and said that,
and [Dbm] why I tried to [B] change the subject, [E] but the pain remained deep down [Db] inside.
_ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] Colorblind, colorblind,
[Bb] _ _ colorblind,
[Eb] Could I be your [Abm] neighbor, then [Gb] we could fellowship [A] and be friends,
[Cm] and treat each other, [Dbm] treat each other right, treat [Gb] each other right.
If we were [B] colorblind, [Ebm] oh,
[E] _ [Gbm] Listen, it's _
[E] hatred never hurts [Db] the one that's [Eb] being hated.
[B]
When you treat me bad, I [Eb] start to feel violated.
[Ab] Colorblind, [Bb] _ _ [Bm] myself, [Ab] I'm ready [Db] for this.
He said, [Gb] feel the light, see we're
not _ _ ever [Db] being that cold.
[B] _ _
_ For to be [Bb] more close, God. _ _
[Eb] _ When hatred still [Abm] remain, [Gb] how could we [A] be gay?
To feel the wounded [Dbm] side [B] of racism [E] that has scarred all of [Em] us.
_ [B] _ _
Colorblind, [Eb] what if we were [Bb] colorblind?
[Eb] Couldn't see color, could I live [Abm] beside the pain?
[Gb] Maybe we [A] could be friends, and blame the past, [Dbm] make up, leave it [Gb] behind.
Can you be [Em] _ [B] colorblind? _
_ _ _ [Em] Colorblind, _ [B] _ _
_ colorblind,
Could it be so [Db] wrong?
[B] Colorblind,
The area of name would [Em] give you a loan if we were.
[B] Colorblind,
When I walk in the store, bells in the [Db] ring, yeah.
Colorblind,
[B] _ _
Could not snap this [Db] thing.
Colorblind,
[B] Saints, how'd you hear that?
The [Db] name.
Colorblind,
[B] _ _
Beats a [Em] misunderstanding.
_ [B] Colorblind,
I would not go to jail for riding my bike in my own [Em] neighborhood.
[B] So be encouraging, and keep your head up today. _ _ _ _
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