We People Who Are Darker Than Blue Chords by Curtis Mayfield

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We people _ [Dbm] who are dark of the blue _ _ Don't [Abm] let us hang around this town
_ [B] _ [Dbm] And let what others say come true _ [Abm] We're just good for nothing, [Ebm] they all figure
[Abm] A boy should roll up a shirtless jizzer _ _ Now we [Ebm] can't hardly stand for [E] that
_ Or is that really where it's at?
_ [Abm] _ _ We people who [Dbm] are darker than the blue _ _ [Abm] We got no time to segregate
_ Let's [Dbm] talk about brown and yellow too
_ _ [Abm] How young gal, _ _
[Ebm] can't you tell [Abm] You're just the surface of our dark deep well
_ _ If your [Ebm] mind could really see _ [E] You'd know your color _ same as [Abm] me
_ [Dbm] Pardon me brother, [Abm] _ as you [Dbm] stand in your glory
_ [Abm] _ _ I [Dbm] know you won't mind _ _ [Abm] if I tell [Dbm]
the whole story
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[Eb] You're committing all these [Abm] sins _ _ [Eb]
[F] Without a zeal to be [Ab] true
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[Gb] I know we've all [Abm] got some problems _ _ [Eb] _
[Gb] _ With who in the hell am [Db] I to [Abm] say
The peace we keep shall be the peace you make me keep
[G] Today there is no other [Abm] way _ [Eb] But to roll the ground and [Abm] not survive _ _
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_ Now I know _ we [Dbm] have great respect
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For the sorcerer and mother is [Dbm] even better yet
_ _ _ _ But [Abm] there's the joker in the [Ebm] street _ [Abm] Loving one brother and killing the other _
When the time [Ebm] comes and we are really free [E] _
There'll be no brothers left
You see, [Abm] _
_ _ we people who [E] are darker than [Dbm] blue _ Don't [Abm] let us hang around this town
_ _ And [Dbm] let what others say come true _ [Abm] We're just good for nothing
_ [Ebm] They all figure [Abm]
a boy should grow up shiftless gentle _ _ _
Now we [Ebm] can't hardly stand for [E] that Or is that really where it stands
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_ [Dbm] Pardon me brother, _ _ as you stand in your glory _ _ _
I know you won't mind _ [Abm] if I tell [Dbm] the whole [Eb] story
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_ [Dbm] Pardon me brother, _ _ [Abm]
I know we've [Dbm] come a long long way
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But let us [Dbm] not be so sentimental [Abm] _
_ [E] For tomorrow _ can [Dbm] be an even brighter day _ _ _ _
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