Chords for Donny Hathaway - To Be Young, Gifted and Black (original)

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_ [C] To be _ young, _
_ _ _ _ [F] gifted, _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] and [Gb]
black.
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Oh, what a lovely, precious [Dm] _ dream. _ _ _
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_ _ To [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ be young, _ _
[F] _ gifted, [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ and black. _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ Open your _ heart [Dm] to what I mean, _ _ _
_ [G] to what I _ mean. _
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_ Cause you know, _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
in this [Dm] whole wide world, _ _ _ _
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_ _ There's a million, _ _ _ _ _ _ a million [Am] _ _ boys and _ girls
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ Who are young _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ and [C] black.
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_ _ _ That's a _ fact.
[F] _ Oh yes it is. _ _
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[G] _ _ _ To _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ be _ [F] young, _ gifted, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ and black. _
_ _ We _ [Em] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ must _ begin [Dm] to tell our _ _ young, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] don't you know _ _ _ _ [C] that there's a whole _ _ _ world, [F] _ _ _ a whole world
waiting _ [C] for _ you. _ _
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_ _ [Gbm] Haven't you [G] heard the quest has _ _ [Dm] just _ begun? _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Don't you [Am] know that the joy, _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
the _ joy, _ _ _ _
[Dm] the joy of the day
is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] day that we _ _ all, _ _ _ _ that [G] we all [E] be _ [Am] proud to say
_ that _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ we're your _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ gift _
_ [F] _ of [G] gift and of life _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] and the show of where it _ _ lands.
[Cm] _ Oh _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
do you believe it?
_ I said it's shown of [C] worship. _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ Oh yeah, _ _ _ _ _ can I get somebody to help me?
[Cm] I said it's _ shown _ of _ _ _ _
Jesus.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
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Yeah, _ yeah, yeah. _
Don't [C] you know it's _ shown _ of
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His [Cm] love.
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_ _ _ I ain't _ trying to bring down nobody else, [C] but I know it's _ shown of _
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Jesus.
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ I _ _ don't think you believe that.
_ Woo, [C]
woo, _ _ _ _ _ woo, [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] yeah, _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ yeah, _ yeah.
_ _ Can I say it again?
_ _ [Cm] _ Woo, woo, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
woo, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F]
yeah, yeah, _ yeah.
_ That's all.
_ Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
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