Chords for Backlash Blues (Nina Simone)

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Mr.
Backlash, [Eb] Mr.
[Bb] Backlash, [Eb] just who do [Bb] you think I [Eb] am?
[Bb] [Eb] You raise [Bb] my taxes, [Eb] freeze my [Bb] wages,
and send [Eb] my son to [Bb] Vietnam. _
[Eb] You give me second class houses and second class [Bb] schools.
[Eb] Do you [Bb] think that all [Eb] colored folks [Bb] are just
[Eb] second class [Bb] fools?
So Mr.
[Fm] Backlash, _ _ [Eb] I'm going to leave you [Bb] with a backlash blues.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] When I try [Bb] to find a [Eb] job [Bb] to [Eb] earn a little [Bb] cash,
[Eb] _
[Bb] [Eb] all you [Bb] got to [Eb] offer [Bb] is your mean [Eb] old white [Bb] backlash. _
[Eb] But the world is big, big and bright and round.
[Bb] [Eb] And it's [Bb] full of [Eb] folks like [Bb] me, all [Eb] black, yellow, [Bb] beige,
and brown.
[Fm] Mr.
Backlash, _ _ [Eb] I'm going to leave you with a [Bb] backlash blues.
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Mr.
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[Bbm] _ [Eb] Backlash, Mr.
Backlash, just what
do you think I got to [Bb] lose?
I'm going to [Eb] leave you with [Bb] a backlash [Eb] [Bb] blues.
_ [F] You're the one who'll have the [C] blues, [Eb] not me.
[Bb] Just wait and see.
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