Chords for edgar winter white man's blues

_ _ _ You [D] _ _ _
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_ might think being white would surely be the best,
But it ain't always the right when you're whiter than the rest.
Well maybe there's some purpose, as [F] yet I haven't guessed.
[D] Sometimes it's hard to tell if [Dm] I've been cursed or I've been blessed
[Gm] With a white man's blues. _ _
[D] Did I win or did I lose? _ _
At [Bb] least a black man has a brother,
[A] But for me there [Dm] is no other than the white man's [G] blues. _ _ _
[Dm] You can go out to the beach [D] and get yourself a tan,
Turn a golden brown like so many of us can.
[A] You've got a lot of nerve [D] to be calling yourself white.
You take one look at me and say they only come [Dm] out at night.
I [Gm] got a white man's blues. _ _
[D] You should see the way I _ bruise. _
[Bb] Now the sun just makes me redder,
[A] But I just can't do no better [D] with a white man's blues.
Yeah! _
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[Dm] I've got an older brother [D] who looks a bit like me,
[Dm] But he's covered with tattoos that are such a sight to see.
[D] They say we look like twins, on that I can agree.
At least I know he understands how crazy [Dm] it is to [G] have a white man's [Gm] blues. _
But I refuse to get [D] tattooed. _
Just [Bb] ask my father and my mother [A] how much I love my [D] brother
with a white man's [Am] blues.
Yeah! _
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[D] Well, I'm not complaining, I'm really happy being me.
_ I'm just explaining, hoping maybe you can see
There's something about yourself that has you feeling stuck.
Like a friend of mine once [Dm] told me,
Hey, Edna, lighten up!
[Gm] It's just a white man's blues.
Yeah!
[D] I wouldn't change if I could [Dm] choose. _
I'm [Bb] just another baby boomer.
At [A] least I've got a sense of humor.
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Yeah!
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_ [F] _ _ _ [D] About the white man's [Dm] blues. _ _ _ _ _ _