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YouTube link: /watch?v=Tm8lcTTDp0o [Chords] C#m7 F#m7 G#m7 B e|--4-----2-----4-----2--| B|--5-----2-----4-----4--| G|--4-----2-----4-----4--| D|--6-----2-----4-----4--| A|--4-----4-----6-----2--| E|--x-----2-----4-----x--| [Intro] C#m7 F#m7 (x4) [Verse 1]
C#m7 We people who are F#m7darker than blue Are we C#m7gonna stand around this town And let what F#m7others say come true? We're just C#m7good for nothing they G#m7all figure F#m7 A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger C#m7 Now we can't hardly stand for G#m7that F#m7 Or is that really where it's at? C#m7 We people who are F#m7darker than blue This ain't C#m7no time for segregatin' I'm talkin' 'F#m7bout brown and yellow too High yellow C#m7girl, can't you G#m7tell You're F#m7just the surface of our dark deep well C#m7 If your mind could really G#m7see F#m7 You'd know your color; same as me C#m7 Pardon me, F#m7brother, as you C#m7stand in your F#m7glory C#m7 I know you won't F#m7mind if I C#m7tell the whole F#m7story
[Instrumental] C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 [Talkbox Solo: Roger Troutman] C#m7 F#m7 G#m7 (x16)
C#m7 Get yourself toF#m7gether G#m7 C#m7 Learn to know your F#m7side G#m7 Shall C#m7we commit our F#m7own genoG#m7cide BeC#m7fore you check F#m7out your G#m7mind? C#m7 I know we've all got F#m7problems G#m7 C#m7 That's why I'm here to F#m7say G#m7 Keep C#m7peace with me and I with F#m7you G#m7 C#m7 Let me love in F#m7my own wayG#m7 C#m7 F#m7 G#m7 (x10) C#m7
[Instrumental] C#m7 B F#m7 [Verse 2]
C#m7 Now I know we have F#m7great respect For the C#m7sister and mother, it's even F#m7better yet But there's the C#m7joker in the streetG#m7 Loving F#m7one brother and killing the other C#m7 When the time comes and G#m7we are really free There'll be F#m7no brothers left, you see C#m7 We people who are F#m7darker than blue Don't let C#m7us hang around this town And let what F#m7others say come true We're just C#m7good for nothing they G#m7all figure F#m7 A boyish, grown up, shiftless jiggerr C#m7 Now we can't hardly stand for G#m7that F#m7 Or is that really where it's at? C#m7 Pardon me, brotherF#m7, C#m7while you stand in your F#m7glory C#m7 I know you won't F#m7mind if I C#m7tell the whole F#m7story C#m7 Pardon me, F#m7brother, C#m7 I know we've F#m7come a long, long way C#m7 But let us not F#m7be so satisfied C#m7 for tomorrow can beF#m7 an even brighter day