Chords for I Wanna Be Black (Live at the Bottom Line, New York, NY - May 1978)
Tempo:
71.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
C#
B
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
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I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want
to be black, [A] I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be
black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I
want to be black, [E] I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I [C#] want to
be black, I want [F#m] to be black, I want to be black, I want to be [A] black, [E] I want to be black,
[A] who is in the hood hey who you [E] just two of a [A] cum
Fuck!
What!
I want to be black lets see hey man hey man ima be [E] black
hey man i wanna be like barton newton [A] kick in me hip side on the [D] spoon
unless i meet jude [C#] welcome to jude hey!
Hey!
You're talking about my people.
If I got a people.
Hey Luke, you got a people?
Oh, I got a people.
You're gonna be a dick white boy.
You know what's wrong with you
dirty drugs, man?
Fuck you.
I never said I was tasteless.
I'm not tasteless.
So, hey, don't want to be black.
Let's see.
I'm gonna look up a giant ass nigger.
[B] Nah,
too [E] white.
[A] Hey, I'll [B] check with the girls.
Is that alright?
[C#] Hard to find a nigger these
days.
[C#] Hey, Kate Brown.
[F#] Andre Previtt.
[Em] French.
[G#]
Want to [C#] be a black man like Malcolm Hex.
I
can't speak Hex, so [F#m] President George Kennedy's too, yeah, yeah.
[A] I have a big, quick tooth.
[E] I don't want to be no [B] fuck-a-mill plant, Jewish mill plant, house-to-no-more.
I just want to have myself a stable of foxy animals.
[A] [D]
[A] I wanna be black as this, yeah, yeah.
[A]
[F#m]
[E]
[Em] Go fuck yourself, you mother-
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[Am]
I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want
to be black, [A] I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be
black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I
want to be black, [E] I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I [C#] want to
be black, I want [F#m] to be black, I want to be black, I want to be [A] black, [E] I want to be black,
[A] who is in the hood hey who you [E] just two of a [A] cum
Fuck!
What!
I want to be black lets see hey man hey man ima be [E] black
hey man i wanna be like barton newton [A] kick in me hip side on the [D] spoon
unless i meet jude [C#] welcome to jude hey!
Hey!
You're talking about my people.
If I got a people.
Hey Luke, you got a people?
Oh, I got a people.
You're gonna be a dick white boy.
You know what's wrong with you
dirty drugs, man?
Fuck you.
I never said I was tasteless.
I'm not tasteless.
So, hey, don't want to be black.
Let's see.
I'm gonna look up a giant ass nigger.
[B] Nah,
too [E] white.
[A] Hey, I'll [B] check with the girls.
Is that alright?
[C#] Hard to find a nigger these
days.
[C#] Hey, Kate Brown.
[F#] Andre Previtt.
[Em] French.
[G#]
Want to [C#] be a black man like Malcolm Hex.
I
can't speak Hex, so [F#m] President George Kennedy's too, yeah, yeah.
[A] I have a big, quick tooth.
[E] I don't want to be no [B] fuck-a-mill plant, Jewish mill plant, house-to-no-more.
I just want to have myself a stable of foxy animals.
[A] [D]
[A] I wanna be black as this, yeah, yeah.
[A]
[F#m]
[E]
[Em] Go fuck yourself, you mother-
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I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, _ I want to be black, I want
to be black, _ _ [A] I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be
black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I
want to be black, [E] I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I [C#] want to
be black, I want [F#m] to be black, I want to be black, I want to be [A] black, _ _ [E] I want to be black,
[A] who is in the hood hey who you [E] just two of a [A] cum
Fuck!
What!
_ I want to be black lets see _ hey man hey man ima be [E] black
hey man i wanna be like barton newton [A] kick in me hip side on the [D] spoon
unless i meet jude [C#] welcome to jude hey!
_ Hey!
You're talking about my people.
_ _ If I got a people.
Hey Luke, you got a people?
Oh, I got a people.
You're gonna be a dick white boy. _ _
_ _ You know what's wrong with you
dirty drugs, man?
Fuck you. _
I never said I was tasteless.
I'm not tasteless. _ _
_ _ _ So, hey, don't want to be black.
Let's see.
_ I'm gonna look up a giant ass nigger.
_ [B] Nah,
too [E] white.
_ [A] Hey, I'll [B] check with the girls.
Is that alright?
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ Hard to find a nigger these
days.
_ _ [C#] _ Hey, Kate Brown. _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ Andre Previtt.
[Em] _ French.
_ _ _ _ [G#] _
Want to [C#] be a black man like Malcolm Hex.
I
can't speak Hex, so [F#m] President George Kennedy's too, yeah, yeah.
[A] I have a big, quick tooth. _
[E] I don't want to be no [B] fuck-a-mill plant, Jewish mill plant, house-to-no-more.
I just want to have myself a stable of foxy animals.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ I wanna be black as this, yeah, yeah.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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[Em] Go fuck yourself, you mother- _ _ _ _
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I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, _ I want to be black, I want
to be black, _ _ [A] I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be
black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I
want to be black, [E] I want to be black, I want to be black, I want to be black, I [C#] want to
be black, I want [F#m] to be black, I want to be black, I want to be [A] black, _ _ [E] I want to be black,
[A] who is in the hood hey who you [E] just two of a [A] cum
Fuck!
What!
_ I want to be black lets see _ hey man hey man ima be [E] black
hey man i wanna be like barton newton [A] kick in me hip side on the [D] spoon
unless i meet jude [C#] welcome to jude hey!
_ Hey!
You're talking about my people.
_ _ If I got a people.
Hey Luke, you got a people?
Oh, I got a people.
You're gonna be a dick white boy. _ _
_ _ You know what's wrong with you
dirty drugs, man?
Fuck you. _
I never said I was tasteless.
I'm not tasteless. _ _
_ _ _ So, hey, don't want to be black.
Let's see.
_ I'm gonna look up a giant ass nigger.
_ [B] Nah,
too [E] white.
_ [A] Hey, I'll [B] check with the girls.
Is that alright?
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ Hard to find a nigger these
days.
_ _ [C#] _ Hey, Kate Brown. _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ Andre Previtt.
[Em] _ French.
_ _ _ _ [G#] _
Want to [C#] be a black man like Malcolm Hex.
I
can't speak Hex, so [F#m] President George Kennedy's too, yeah, yeah.
[A] I have a big, quick tooth. _
[E] I don't want to be no [B] fuck-a-mill plant, Jewish mill plant, house-to-no-more.
I just want to have myself a stable of foxy animals.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ I wanna be black as this, yeah, yeah.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Em] Go fuck yourself, you mother- _ _ _ _