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

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[G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ We people who are [F#m] darker [Em] than blue, _ _ [F#m] _
[C#m] are we gonna stand around this town [F#m] and let what
others say come true?
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[E] We're just good for [G#m] nothing, they all figure, _
[F#m] _ _ [B] a boy's grown up [C#m] shiftless jigger.
_ Now [G#m] we can't hardly stand for [F#m] that, _ _ _ or is [E] that really worth it?
_ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] We people [B] who [F#m] are darker than blue, _ [E] _ _ _
[C#m] this ain't no time for [G#m] segregating, _
[F#m] I'm talking about
[Bm] brown and yellow [A] too. _
[G#m] _ Hi yellow girl, _ can't you [F#m] tell?
_ You're [B] just the surface of our dark [E] deep well.
_ [G#m] If your man could really [F#m] see, _ you'd know your color, same as [E] me.
_ _ [A] Pardon [A#] me brother, [E] _
_ _ [F#m] as you stand in your [G#m] glory, [E] _ _ [F#m] I know you won't [B] mind _ [E] [A] if I tell the whole [D] story.
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_ [D#m] Master Henry Gibson.
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yourself together. _ _ _ _ _ _
Learn to know your side. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Should we commit our own genocide, _ _ before we check out our band? _ _ _ _ _
_ I know we've all got problems, that's why I'm here to say, keep peace with me and I'm
with you, let me [B] love in my own way.
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_ _ Now [E] I know _ [F#m] we have great [C#m] respect _ [Bm] _ _ _
[E] for the sister and mother, _ [B]
it's even [F#m] better yet.
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[C#m] But there's the joker in the [G#m] street, _ _ loving [F#m] one brother [B] and killing the other.
_ _ [C#m] _ When [G#m] the time comes and we are [F#m] really free, _ there'll be no brothers [E] left, [B] you see.
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We [F#m] people who are darker [A] than blue, _
_ _ [E] don't let us hang around this town _ [F#m] and let what
others say [Bm] come true.
_ [Em] _ _ [C#m] We're just good for nothing, [G#m]
they all figure, _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
a grown up [C#m] jigger. _ _
[G#m] Now we can't hardly stand [F#] for that, _ [F#m] or is that really _ _ worth saying?
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[F#m] Pardon me brother, _ [G#m] _ _
[F#m] as you [A] stand in your glory, _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _
I know you won't [B] mind _ [E] _
[A] if I tell the whole story.
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[C#m] _ Pardon me brother, _ [E] _ _
[A] I know we've come a long, long [E] way, _ [F#m] but let us not be so [E] satisfied. _
_ [F#m] _ For tomorrow, _ _ _ _ _ _ for tomorrow, _ _ _ can _ _ be an even brighter [D] day.
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