Chords for Curtis Mayfield - We Are The People Who Are Darker Than Blue

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_ _ [E] _ _ We people who [F#m] are darker than blue Are _ _ [E] we gonna stand around this town
_ [F#m] And let what others say come true [C#m] We're just good for nothing, [G#m] they all figure
_ [A] A boy's grown up [F#m] shiftless jigger [C#m] Now we can't hardly [G#m] stand for that
_ [A] Or is that really worth it?
_ _ [E] _ We people who are [F#m] darker than blue _ This _ [E] ain't no time for segregating
_ [F#m] I'm talking about brown and yellow too [C#m] How yellow, gal, can [G#m] you tell?
_ [F#m] You're just the surface of [A] our dark, deep well
_ [C#m] If your mind [G#m] could really see _ _ [F#m] You'd know your color the same as me
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] Pardon me, brother, as [C#m] you stand in your glory _
[F#m] _ _ [E] I [F#m] know you won't mind _ [C#m] if I tell the whole story
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[F] _ _ [C#] _ [E] Get yourself together, _
[F] [E] learn to know your side
Shall we [F#] commit our [C#m] own genocide Before we check out [E] your mind?
[C] I know we've all got [D#m] [E] problems That's why I'm here to say
_ [F] Keep peace with me [E] and I with you Let me love in my own way _
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_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ Now I know [A] we have great respect _ For _ [C#m] the sister and mother
_ It's [F#m] even better yet _ _ _ But [E] there's the joker in the street
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_ Loving [A] one brother and killing the other _ [E] When the time comes and [G#m] we are really free
[A] There'll be no brothers left, you see _ [E] We _ people _ who [F#m] are darker than blue _ _
Don't [E] let us hang around this town _ And [F#m] let what others say come true _
We're [E] just good for nothing, they [G#m] all figure _ [F#m] A boy's grown up, shitless [C#m] jigger
_ Now we can't hardly [G#m] stand for that _ [F#m] Or is that really worth saying?
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_ [F#m] Pardon me, brother, _ _ _
[C#m] while you stand in [A] your glory
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I know [F#m] you won't mind _ [C#m] if I tell the whole story
[F#m] _ [C#m] Pardon _ _ [F#m] me, brother, _ _ [C#m]
I know we've come a long, long [A] way
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But let [A] us not be so [C#m] satisfied From tomorrow can be [F#m] an even brighter day _ _ _ _ _ _