Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - Liberation Song (The Red, Black and Green)

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I've seen the red sun in the autumn, _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ [E] and I've seen the leaves turn to golden brown.
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_ _ _ I've seen the red sun in the autumn, _ _ and [Am] _ I've [Em] seen the leaves be turning to golden brown. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ I've [D] seen the red [E] blood of my people, [A] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
heard them calling for freedom _ [C#m] everywhere.
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If you've [G] seen the red blood of your [B] people, _ _ all [A] you've got to do [G] is reach out your [D] hand and [E] we'll take you there.
[D#] _ Red [D] stands for liberation, _ _ [Em] _
_ red, _ _ _ red, yeah.
_ _ _ _ I see the [Bm] _ [E] blackness of winter, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and I see death lurking in the trees.
_ _ [D] _ [Am] Yeah, _ _ I see the _ _ blackness of winter, _ _ _ _ [Em] yeah, _ and I see death _ lurking in the trees. _ _ _
_ _ _ I see the blackness [D#m] of my [C#m] people, _ [E] _
_ _ you know [C] they're calling [Em] for _ _ [D] _ _ [E] you.
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see the [Bm] blackness [Em] of my [A]
people, [B] _ _ all you've [Am] got to do, brothers and sisters, [D] reach out your hand, we're [C#] gonna take you there.
_ [D#] Black [G] stands for [E] _ liberation, _ _ _ _ _ _ yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I've seen the green birds in the _ [D] springtime, _ _
[E] _ _ _ and somebody told me that it means new [Em] life. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ I've seen the green birds in the _ springtime, coming up through the [Em] concrete, somebody [G] told me that it's a simple life, new [Bm] life.
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I've seen the green fields of [B] my homeland, [C#m] _ _ and [G] I've heard people [D] [A] calling for freedom _
[E] everywhere.
_ _ It seems to me like [C] if you've seen the [G] green fields of [A] your [B] homeland, [C#m] _ _ even when you're dreaming [A] you can reach out [G] your [A] hand, and [Em] someone will take you there.
Just reach out, reach out, [G#] just [Em] _
reach out for creation.
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Reach.
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There are three [D] colors on [Em] our blackened brothers, _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ one red, [E] one black, and there's one green.
_ _ [Dm] There _
_ _ [Am] _ _ are three colors on our flattened sisters, _
_ [G] _ [D] _ [Em] can you [G] tell your favorites what they _ mean?
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_ _ [A] Talking about [G] red and [B] black [A] _ [B] and green, _ want you to keep on thinking about [G] red _ and black and [E] green.
I'm gonna keep on [D] singing [G] about red and black [C#] _ and [E] _
green.
[Bm] And [F#m] sooner than you think [G] the whole world's gonna [A] know just what we _ mean.
We say [G] they stand for liberation, _ _ they _ stand for [Em] liberation. _ _ _ _ _
Talking about red, _ _ _ _ yes, and black, _ _ _ _
[G] we're talking about green, it's more than a dream if you [Em] dig what we _ mean.
We stand for _ liberation, _ [G]
we stand for brand new nation. _
We stand for liberation, [Bm] _ _
_ we stand [Am] for [G] brand new nation.
_ Yeah.
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