Colored People Chords by Dc Talk
Tempo:
95.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [A] [G] [Em]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [A] [G]
[B] [G] [D] [G]
[Bm] [G] I couldn't help but notice your shade of [A]
[B] melanin.
I tip my [G] hat to the colorful arrangement [B] because I [F#] see the [G] beauty [D] in the [G] tones of our [C] skin.
We've got to come [G] together and make a [A] better [D] Arkansas.
We're colorful people [A] who [G] entertain.
[D] We're colorful people, colorful people [A] and they call us [G] the human [D] race.
We've got a history [A] so full [G] of mistakes and [D] good people.
We're colorful [A] people, we're [G] not a whole [A] new race.
[D] [A]
[D]
[B] A [G] piece of canvas is only the beginning [Bm] for.
It [G] takes on character with [Em] every loving [A]
[Bm] stroke.
This thing of beauty is the [Em] passion of an honest [Bm] heart.
By [G] God, we [E] are a [Em] skin colorless.
[C] We've got to come [G] together, we are [D] human.
We're colorful people [A] who entertain.
[G]
[D] We're colorful people, [A] colorful people and they call us [G] the human [D] race.
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes and good [D] people.
We're colorful [A] people, we're not [G] a whole [Bm] new race.
Ignorance is [E] wrong to [Bm] redress it.
[C#] [Bm] Justice is the law.
[F#]
[Bm] If we aspire to share this [F#] space,
[G] We'll learn to fear the [D] force is strong.
[G]
[D] Oh 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 more to cover our [A] bones as a part of our [D] anatomy.
We're colorful people [A] who entertain.
[G]
[D] We're colorful people, colorful people [A] and they call us [D] the human race.
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes and good [D] people.
[A] [G] [D]
We're colorful people, [A] colorful people and they call us [D] the human race.
We're colorful people, [A] colorful people [D]
and [A] they call [G]
[D] [A] [D]
us [G]
[D] [A] [D] the human race.
We're [A] [D] colorful people, [A] [D] colorful people, colorful people, colorful [A] people.
[G] [D] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [D]
[N]
[D] [A] [G] [Em]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [A] [G]
[B] [G] [D] [G]
[Bm] [G] I couldn't help but notice your shade of [A]
[B] melanin.
I tip my [G] hat to the colorful arrangement [B] because I [F#] see the [G] beauty [D] in the [G] tones of our [C] skin.
We've got to come [G] together and make a [A] better [D] Arkansas.
We're colorful people [A] who [G] entertain.
[D] We're colorful people, colorful people [A] and they call us [G] the human [D] race.
We've got a history [A] so full [G] of mistakes and [D] good people.
We're colorful [A] people, we're [G] not a whole [A] new race.
[D] [A]
[D]
[B] A [G] piece of canvas is only the beginning [Bm] for.
It [G] takes on character with [Em] every loving [A]
[Bm] stroke.
This thing of beauty is the [Em] passion of an honest [Bm] heart.
By [G] God, we [E] are a [Em] skin colorless.
[C] We've got to come [G] together, we are [D] human.
We're colorful people [A] who entertain.
[G]
[D] We're colorful people, [A] colorful people and they call us [G] the human [D] race.
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes and good [D] people.
We're colorful [A] people, we're not [G] a whole [Bm] new race.
Ignorance is [E] wrong to [Bm] redress it.
[C#] [Bm] Justice is the law.
[F#]
[Bm] If we aspire to share this [F#] space,
[G] We'll learn to fear the [D] force is strong.
[G]
[D] Oh 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 more to cover our [A] bones as a part of our [D] anatomy.
We're colorful people [A] who entertain.
[G]
[D] We're colorful people, colorful people [A] and they call us [D] the human race.
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes and good [D] people.
[A] [G] [D]
We're colorful people, [A] colorful people and they call us [D] the human race.
We're colorful people, [A] colorful people [D]
and [A] they call [G]
[D] [A] [D]
us [G]
[D] [A] [D] the human race.
We're [A] [D] colorful people, [A] [D] colorful people, colorful people, colorful [A] people.
[G] [D] [A] [G] [D]
[A] [D]
[N]
Key:
D
A
G
Bm
Em
D
A
G
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bm] _ [G] I couldn't help but notice your shade of _ [A]
[B] melanin.
I tip my [G] hat to the colorful arrangement [B] because I [F#] see the [G] beauty [D] in the [G] tones of our [C] skin.
We've got to come [G] together and make a [A] better [D] Arkansas.
We're colorful people [A] who [G] entertain.
[D] We're colorful people, colorful people [A] and they call us [G] the human [D] race.
We've got a history [A] so full [G] of mistakes and [D] good people.
We're colorful [A] people, we're [G] not a whole [A] new race.
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[B] A [G] piece of canvas is only the beginning [Bm] for.
It [G] takes on character with [Em] every loving [A]
[Bm] stroke.
This thing of beauty is the [Em] passion of an honest [Bm] heart.
By [G] God, we [E] are a [Em] skin colorless.
[C] We've got to come [G] together, we are [D] human.
We're colorful people [A] who entertain.
[G] _ _
[D] We're colorful people, [A] colorful people and they call us [G] the human [D] race.
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes and good [D] people.
We're colorful _ [A] people, we're not [G] a whole [Bm] new race.
_ Ignorance is [E] wrong to [Bm] redress it.
_ [C#] [Bm] Justice is the law.
_ [F#] _
[Bm] If we aspire to share this [F#] space,
[G] We'll learn to fear the [D] force is strong.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] Oh 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 more to cover our [A] bones as a part of our [D] anatomy. _
We're colorful people [A] who entertain.
[G] _
[D] We're colorful people, colorful people [A] and they call us [D] the human race.
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes and good [D] people.
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
We're colorful people, [A] colorful people and they call us [D] the human race.
We're colorful people, [A] colorful people [D] _ _
_ _ and [A] they call [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ us _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] the human _ race.
We're [A] [D] colorful _ people, _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] colorful people, colorful people, colorful [A] people.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [Em] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bm] _ [G] I couldn't help but notice your shade of _ [A]
[B] melanin.
I tip my [G] hat to the colorful arrangement [B] because I [F#] see the [G] beauty [D] in the [G] tones of our [C] skin.
We've got to come [G] together and make a [A] better [D] Arkansas.
We're colorful people [A] who [G] entertain.
[D] We're colorful people, colorful people [A] and they call us [G] the human [D] race.
We've got a history [A] so full [G] of mistakes and [D] good people.
We're colorful [A] people, we're [G] not a whole [A] new race.
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[B] A [G] piece of canvas is only the beginning [Bm] for.
It [G] takes on character with [Em] every loving [A]
[Bm] stroke.
This thing of beauty is the [Em] passion of an honest [Bm] heart.
By [G] God, we [E] are a [Em] skin colorless.
[C] We've got to come [G] together, we are [D] human.
We're colorful people [A] who entertain.
[G] _ _
[D] We're colorful people, [A] colorful people and they call us [G] the human [D] race.
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes and good [D] people.
We're colorful _ [A] people, we're not [G] a whole [Bm] new race.
_ Ignorance is [E] wrong to [Bm] redress it.
_ [C#] [Bm] Justice is the law.
_ [F#] _
[Bm] If we aspire to share this [F#] space,
[G] We'll learn to fear the [D] force is strong.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] Oh 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 more to cover our [A] bones as a part of our [D] anatomy. _
We're colorful people [A] who entertain.
[G] _
[D] We're colorful people, colorful people [A] and they call us [D] the human race.
We've got a history [A] so full of [G] mistakes and good [D] people.
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
We're colorful people, [A] colorful people and they call us [D] the human race.
We're colorful people, [A] colorful people [D] _ _
_ _ and [A] they call [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ us _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] the human _ race.
We're [A] [D] colorful _ people, _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] colorful people, colorful people, colorful [A] people.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _