Colored People (Remastered 2013) Chords

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I couldn't [G] help but notice your shade of _ [A] [B] melanin.
I tip my [G] hat to the colorful range [B] because I see the [G] beauty in the tones of our skin.
[C]
We've got to come [G] together and take the [A] pain [D] from us all.
We're colored people [A] and we live [G] in a tainted [D] place.
We're colored people [A] and they call us [G] the human [D] race.
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes and [D] good people.
Colored people [A] who've been on [G] our whole [A] _
trace.
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
A piece of [G] canvas is only the beginning [Bm] for us.
It [G] takes on character with every loving [A] stroke.
[Bm]
This thing of beauty is the passion of an honest heart.
My God, [G] thank [E] we are a [Em] skin color of [C] scope.
We've got to come [G] together.
We are the [A] human [D] background.
We're colored people [A] and we live in [G] a tainted [D] place.
We're colored people [A] and they call us [D] the [G] human [D] race.
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes.
We're [D] colored _ people and [A] they've been on [G] our whole [Bm] race.
_ Ignorance is [Em] wrong, so [F#] grace and [Bm]
convergence is the law.
[F#] _ _ [Bm]
If we aspire to share this [F#] space,
[G] then [Bm] everything [Em] in the universe [D] is joy.
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] Oh [D] yeah.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] Well just a day in the shoes of a colorblind man
[A] should make it easy for you [D] to see
that these diverse tones do all to cover our [A] bones.
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Colored people [A] and we live in [G] a tainted [D] place.
Colored people [A] and they call us [G] the human race.
[D]
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes.
[D] Colored people [A] who've been on [G] our [D] whole people.
We're colored people and [A] they call us [D] the human race. Colored people.
[A] Colored [D] _ people.
We're colored people and [A] we all got to [G] share this [D]
space.
Yeah, [A] we _ [D] have to somehow.
We're colored people and we live in a [G] tainted [D]
place.
_ [A] They have [D] your blood and your tears.
We're colored people and [A] we're man, woman, [G] boy, and [D] girl.
_ Yeah.
[A] Colored people.
[D] Colored people.
Colored people.
Colored [A] people.
_ [G] _ [D] Yeah.
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