Christopher Columbus Chords by Ken Boothe

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_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ There was a guy from [Em]
Spain, [F#m] Christopher Columbus [Bm] was his name.
Down in the western [Em]
east [F#m] is where he [Bm] gained his fame.
A lot of black [Em] people [F#m] went down [Bm] the drain.
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_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ It took a man [Em] like General King [F#m] to create the world's most [Bm] grievous sin.
In taking a nation [Em] that was born to be free [F#m] and brought down [Bm] there in captivity.
There was a guy [Em] from Spain, [F#m] Christopher [Bm] Columbus was his name.
Down in the [Em] western east [F#m] is where he [Bm] gained his fame.
A lot of black [Em] people [F#m] went down [Bm] the drain.
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_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] On their [Em] body you put a [F#m] prize and sold them as [Bm] merchandise.
How can a [Em] man discover the land that already [Bm] populated with Indians?
There was a [Em] guy from Spain, [F#m] Christopher [Bm] Columbus was his name.
Down in the [Em] western district [F#m] is where he [Bm] gained his fame.
A lot of [Em] black people went [Bm] down the drain.
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_ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ He was born, [Em] he was born [F#] in [Bm] Italy.
Use his brain [Em] and run away [F#m] to Spain.
[Bm] _ That man [Em] they call [F#] Christopher [Bm] Columbus _ _
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