Black Gold Chords by Esperanza Spalding

_ Hold your head as high as you can [F] high enough to see you you are a little man
Life sometimes [G] is cold and cruel.
[Bbm] Maybe no one else will tell you so you _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ are [Cm] _
[B] black [Bb] gold, black _ [Cm] _ [G] gold
_ _ [Am] you _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bm] are _ [Gm] _ _ [C] [Eb] black _ gold
now [Bb] _ [B] maybe [G] _
no [Cm] one [F] [Db] else has [G]
ever _ told you [F] _ _
[Eb] so
_ [Cm] Boys, dinner, come get your [F] food
_ _ But [Bb] you're [B] golden, _ baby, [F] you're black [G] gold with a _ [Em] diamond soul
and [Ab] _ soul [Fm] like _ [F] _ _
gold
_ _ [G] Think of all the [Dm] strength you have in you and the blood you carry [Cm] within you
_ [G] Ancient [Dm] men, powerful [A] men, builders of [G] _ civilization _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
There'll [Bb] be [B] folks [F] hell [Eb]-bent on [F] putting you [G] down _
Don't [Cm] get _ burned, [Eb] don't get _ [G] burned
[F] _ _ Not _ _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ necessarily _
_ _ _ [F] _ [G] everyone will [Cm] _ know [Fm] your _ _ [Eb] worth
_ No, [F] no, no, no _
_ _ Think [Dm] of all the strength you have in [A] you [Db] and the blood you [D] carry within _ [Cm] you
[Dm] Ancient men, powerful _ [F] men, builders of _ civilization
[G] _ Think of [Dm] all the strength _ [Gm] _ [Am] _ you have in [F] _
_ [Cm] you
You know [Dm] the world is full of [A] men, _ [F] builders of [Cm] _ _ _ civilization _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Hold your [Eb] head as high as [Dm] you [F] can high enough [Bbm] to see you you are a little [Dm] [C] man
Life _ [Cm] sometimes is cold [Bb] and cruel.
Maybe no [Bbm] one else will tell you so
you are [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] black _ [B] gold, black [Cm] _
[G] gold
_ _ _ [C] you _ _ [Eb] are [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] black _ gold
[B] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
Think of all the _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ebm] _
_ _ [Dbm] _ _ [D] strength [G] _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ you have in you and [Db] the blood _ you carry [Ab] within [C] you
[Dm] Ancient _ men, [C] powerful _ [Db] men, _ [C] [F] builders of civilization
_ [Dm] _ All of the strength [A] you have in you and the blood _ you carry _ [Eb] within you
Ancient men, [Dm] _ _
_ _ [A] powerful men, [Db] _ _
builders [F] of [Cm] _ _ civilization _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Hold your [Eb] head as high as you [Dm] can high enough [G] to see you you are a little man
[F] Life sometimes is [Eb] cold [B] and cruel.
[F] Maybe no one else [Cm] will tell you _ _ [Eb] so
you are _ _ [Dm] _
_ black [Db] gold, black _ [Cm]
gold
_ _ _ [Gm] you _ are [Dm] _ _ _ black _ [Eb]
gold
_ _ [Cm] you _ _ [F]
are black [Db] gold, black [Cm] gold
_ [Db] _ _ [F] _ _ you [Gm] are [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] black _ [Bbm] gold
_ [B] _ _ _ _
you _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
are _ _ [B] [Abm] black _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [Ab] gold
[Dbm] you _ [Gb] are _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Cm] black [Ab] _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ gold
[Gb] _ Hold your head [Ab] as high as you [E] can high enough to see you
high enough [Gb] to see you you are
life sometimes [E] is [Ab] cold and [Dbm] cruel, maybe no one else [D] will tell you so
you _ _ [A] _
are [B] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] black _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] gold, _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [B] black gold
you are _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ black gold, black gold
don't give up
[Dbm] you _ _ [Gb] are _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] black gold _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] you _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Gbm] are black gold _ _
_ _ _ and _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _