Chords for Lucky Peterson - Black Midnight Sun - 03. Is It Because I'm Black

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[C] I'm [Gm] going _ _ _ [C] to sing a song called
[Gm] _ _ Down Brown Shades of My Skin.
Down Brown [C] Shades [Bb] of My Skin. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ Only air come [C] out of [Gm] my _ tears _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] That splash against my hollow bone
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Really rocks [Gm] my _ _ soul _
_ _ _ _ _ Looking _
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back over mouthfuls dreams I once [C] knew
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Wondering why my dreams never came true
_ Is [Eb] _ [Cm] it [F] because I'm black?
_ [Eb] _ _ _ Somebody tell [Fm] me what [Gm] can I do? _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] Oh Lord, _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ something is holding me [Eb] back _ _ _ _ _
Is [Gm] it because I'm black? _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ In this [C] world of no [Gm] pity
I was raised in the ghetto of [C] River City
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[C] Oh [Bb] Lord, [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Mama she worked [Dm] so [Gm] hard y [Eb]'all
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To earn every _ penny _ _
_ Oh Lord, _ _ _ _ something [Cm] _ _ _ is [Gm] holding [F] me back [Eb] y'all
_ Is _ _ _ [Gm] it because I'm black? _ _
_ Yeah, yeah _ _ _
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Like [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ a child stealing a burnt piece of candy and got caught _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Peeping around life corner somewhere I got [Bb] lost
Oh [Cm] Lord, something is holding me back [F] y [Cm]'all
I wonder, [Gm] I wonder if it's because I'm black _
_ _ Oh Lord, _ somebody _ [Cm] _ _ tell me will I survive?
_ I _ want to know _ [Bb] or will I [Dm] die?
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_ _ [Eb] Somebody, _ _ _ [A] somebody, _ [Eb] _ something is holding me back
Is [Gm] it because I'm black? _ _ _
[C] _ [Bb] Hey, _ _ _ _ _ something [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
is holding me back y'all _ _
[Gm] Is it because I'm black?
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ Hey, [Cm]
tell me what shall I do? _ _
I want to know, _ _ I _ [Gm] want to know
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What [Gm] shall I do? _ _ _ _
[Cm] Something is holding me
_ _ [F] I'm worried [Cm] they'll let me go _ _ _
[Gm] Is it because I'm black?
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