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heliocentric@breathe.com 15th January 2001, 7.32pm WE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DARKER THAN BLUE by CURTIS MAYFIELD Written by Curtis Mayfield Chords used: C#m7: x46454 F#m7: 2x2222 F#m9: xx7654 G#m7: 4x4444 C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m9 (x2)
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 segregating I'm talking F#m7'bout brown and yellow two. High C#m7yellow girl, 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#m7You'd know your colour the same as me.
C#m7 Pardon F#m7me, brother, as C#m7you stand in your gF#m9lory, C#m7 I know you won't F#m7mind if I C#m7tell the whole F#m9story.
C#m7 F#m7 (x2) n.C. (drums and bass)
C#m7Get yourself together, learn to know your side. Shall we commit our own genocide before you check out your mind'
I know we've all got problems, that's why I'm here to say, Keep peace with me and I with you, let me love in my own way.
C#m7(instrumental) C#m7(harpG#m7) F#m7
C#m7 Now I know we have great respect For the C#m7sister, and mother it's even F#m7better yet. But there's C#m7the joker in the street G#m7 Loving one F#m7brother and killing the other. C#m7 When the time comes and we are G#m7really free F#m7There'll be no brothers left you see.
C#m7 We people who are F#m7darker than blue, ' C#m7 Don't let us hang around this town And let what F#m7others say come true. We're just C#m7good for nothing they all G#m7figure, 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 Pardon me, F#m7brother, while C#m7you stand in your F#m9glory, C#m7 I know you won't F#m7mind if C#m7I tell the whole F#m9story.
C#m7 Pardon F#m7me, brother,C#m7 I know we've F#m9come a long, long way, C#m7 But let us F#m7not be satisfiedC#m7 for tomorF#m9row can be an, F#m7 An even brighter day.