Chords for Esperanza Spalding Black Gold live 2012 lyrics

_ _ _ Hold your head as high as you can, high [F] enough to see who you are, little girl.
Life sometimes [Cm] is cold [G] and cruel, [F] maybe no one else will tell you so, but never.
You [C] _ [Eb] are [F]
black gold, black [C] gold.
_ _ [F]
You [A] are _ _ [Bb] _ black [A] gold.
_ [Bb] [B] And [Db] baby, no one [Fm] else has [B] ever told you [Dm] so.
[Ab] Told _ [Dm] you _ _ that you're [Db] [B] golden, [F] baby.
You're [Eb] black gold with a [C] [F] diamond _ [Ab] soul.
_ [F] _ _ _ _
All the truth that I have [Bb] in you, [Fm] all the blood that I have within [Gbm] [F] you,
_ [D] ancient, [Dm] _ [Gm] powerful man.
The spirit of our [F] civilization,
_ _ _ _ oh, _ _ there'll be [Bb] [Db] folks [Abm] helping [F] [Bbm] or [C] putting you [Eb] down.
_ Don't [F] give [Ab]
up.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, _ well, [Gb] _ maybe [Fm] God _ _ [Eb] will _ [Fm] [Dm] know your [Ab] worth.
All the [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Dm] truth that I have in [Db] you, all the blood that I have within you,
[Bb] _ _ ancient, _ [Db] powerful man.
The spirit of [Gb] our civilization,
[Gm] oh, _ _ _ _ [Db] [N] there'll be folks helping or putting you [Dm] down.
Don't give up.
Oh, [Db]
well, maybe God [A] _ _ will know your worth.
Hold _ [C] _ your head [F] as high as you can, high enough to [Db] see who you are, little [Gb] girl.
[F] Life sometimes is cold and lonely, but no one else will tell you so.
You _ are _ [Cm] black _
[Bb] _ _ [A] gold.
You [F] _ _ _
[Cm] are [B] _ [F] _ _ [G] black gold.
[A] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Bbm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Dm] Think of all the strength that I have in [Bb] you, all the blood that I have [Eb] within [F] you,
[Bbm] _ [Bb] ancient, _ _ [Gm] powerful man.
The spirit _ [Bbm] of our civilization,
_ [G] you know [Dm] the strength we [Db] have inside,
the blood we [F] carry within _ you,
[Bb] ancient, _ [Db] powerful man.
The spirit [F] of our [Ebm] civilization,
_ [Cm] hold _ _ [B] your [F] _ _ head as high as you can, high enough to see who you [C] are, little [F] girl.
Life sometimes is cold [Bb] and lonely, but no one [Bbm] else will tell you so.
_ _ [Ab] _
You are _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _
black [G] _ gold.
_ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[A] You are black gold.
_ _ _ _ [B]
Black [D] _ _ [E] gold.
_ [Gb] Hold your head as high _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Dbm] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [B] as _ [E] _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ you [Gb] can, high enough to see who you are, little [D] girl. [Gb] Black [Dbm] gold.
Life sometimes is cold and [Ebm] lonely, but no one else will [Bm] tell you so.
Remember that.
[A] You are [B] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ black gold.
[Gb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] That's _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ Chris Turner. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _