Colored People
from the album 'Jesus Freak'

Intro:
D-A-G           4X

D              A        G       D                 A       G
1...1...1...1...2...2...2...2...3...3...3...3...4...4...4...4...

Bm      G       Em
Pardon me, your epidermis is showing
Bm           G       Em
I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin
Bm      G           Em
I tip my hat to the colourful arrangement
        Bm      G              Em
Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin

C                         G                  A
We gotta come together, and thank the maker of us all

D                               A       G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D                                 A       G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D                       A       G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D                                      A                G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace

A

Bm           G          Em
A piece of canvas is only the beginning
Bm           G          Em
It takes on character with every loving stroke
Bm               G          Em
This thing of beauty is the  passion  of an artist's heart
Bm          G            Em
By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope

C                       G                     A
We gotta come together, aren't we all human after all?
 
 
 
 
 

D                               A       G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D                                 A       G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D                       A       G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D                                      A                G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
 

Bm                              Bm4
Ignorance has wronged some races
Bm                        Bm9
And vengeance is the Lord's
Bm                         Bm4
If we aspire to share this space
Em                     G-A
Repentance is the cure

D              A        G       D                 A       G
1...1...1...1...2...2...2...2...3...3...3...3...4...4...4...4...

                D
Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man
              A                 G
Should make it easy for you to see
                D
That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
       A                        G
As a part of our anatomy

D                               A       G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D                                 A       G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D                       A       G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D                                      A                G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
 

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