Black Messiah

C G Everybody got the right to speak their mind Bb F f g g# (single notes) so don't shoot me for saying mine. F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody talking about racial equality F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb 'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes. F C Dm Dm/C Bb But if I told you that God was black what would you think of that F C F I bet you wouldn't believe it. F6 A7 Dm Dm/C Bb There's a self made prophet living right next to me F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb he said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free. F C Dm Dm/C Bb He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied F C F f g g# a and he really believed it. A7 Dm A7 Dm He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire F C C7 F and he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word. F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody talking about racial equality F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb but I'm the only honky living on an all black street F C Dm Dm/C Bb they knock me down 'cos they brown and I white. C G Everybody got the right to speak their mind Bb F f g g# so don't shoot me for saying mine. F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody talking about racial equality F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb you hear everybody talking about equal rights. F C Dm Dm/C Bb But white's white, black's black and that's that F C F f g g# a and that's the way you should leave it. A7 Dm A7 Dm Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire F C C7 C13 F a Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody got to show a little give and take F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody got to live with a little less hate F C Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out. C G Everybody got the right to speak their mind Bb F so don't shoot me for saying mine. -- pjoe@charon.muc.de