Chords for Nicky Thomas - Is It Because I'm Black?

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_ _ [D] dark brown shade of my skin.
_ [Fm] _
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Dark brown shade of my skin. _ _
Only add color to my tears.
Oh.
[Bbm] _
Look down, flout your gaze, my other phone.
Let me [Fm] practice my soul.
Oh. Oh. _ _ _ _ _ _
Looking back over my past dreams that I once knew. _ _ _
Wondering why my dreams never came true.
[Bbm] Oh. _
Somebody tell me what [Fm] can I do?
Oh.
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Something is holding me back. Oh.
[Fm] This is because I'm black.
_ Oh.
Oh.
[Bbm] _ _
Something is holding me back.
_ [Fm] This is because I'm black.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Fm] _ In this world of no pity, I was raised in the ghetto of the city. _
Oh. Oh.
Oh.
_ [Bbm] _ Why does she work so hard?
_ [Fm] Oh. Never finish.
Oh.
_ _ _ [Bbm] Oh. _
Something is holding me back.
_ This [Fm] is because I'm black. _
I want to know.
Oh.
[Bbm] _ _
Something is holding me back.
Oh.
_ [Fm] This is because I'm black.
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_ _ Like a child stealing his first piece of candy and got caught.
_ _ Wandering around like a loner somewhere I got lost.
Oh.
[Bbm] _ _ Something is holding me back.
_ [Gm]
[Fm] This is because I'm black.
I want [Fm] to know.
Oh.
[Bbm] _ _ Something is holding me back.
Oh.
[Fm] This is because I'm black.
_ Yeah. _
[Bbm] Oh.
_ _ _ Oh.
Oh.
[Fm] Oh.
_ _ Oh.
_ Oh. Oh.
[Bbm] Oh. Oh. _ _ _ _
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