{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":10204,"song":"Black Messiah","artist":"The Kinks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/10204-black-messiah-chords-by-the-kinks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/10204?type=chord","rating":4.95176,"votes":8,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\r\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n\r\nDate: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:08:58 +0200 (CEST)\r\nFrom: Peter Eybert \r\nSubject: CRD: Black Messiah by The Kinks\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBlack Messiah \r\n\r\nwritten by Ray Davies\r\nperformed by The Kinks\r\nfrom \"Misfits\", 1978\r\ntranscribed by Peter Eybert \r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody got the right to speak their mind[/tab]\r\nBb F f g g# (single notes)\r\nso don't shoot me for saying mine.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEverybody talking about racial equality[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut if I told you that God was black what would you think of that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI bet you wouldn't believe it.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F6[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThere's a self made prophet living right next to me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nhe said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied[/tab]\r\nF C F f g g# a \r\nand he really believed it.\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nand he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEverybody talking about racial equality[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nbut I'm the only honky living on an all black street[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nthey knock me down 'cos they brown and I white.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody got the right to speak their mind[/tab]\r\nBb F f g g#\r\nso don't shoot me for saying mine.\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEverybody talking about racial equality[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nyou hear everybody talking about equal rights.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut white's white, black's black and that's that[/tab]\r\nF C F f g g# a\r\nand that's the way you should leave it.\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDon't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]C13[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\na Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEverybody got to show a little give and take[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEverybody got to live with a little less hate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] Dm/C [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEverybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody got the right to speak their mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nso don't shoot me for saying mine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n-- \r\npjoe@charon.muc.de","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n\nDate: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:08:58 +0200 (CEST)\nFrom: Peter Eybert \nSubject: CRD: Black Messiah by The Kinks\n\n\n\nBlack Messiah \n\nwritten by Ray Davies\nperformed by The Kinks\nfrom \"Misfits\", 1978\ntranscribed by Peter Eybert \n\t\n\t\n\nBb F f g g# (single notes)\nso don't shoot me for saying mine.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF C F f g g# a \nand he really believed it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBb F f g g#\nso don't shoot me for saying mine.\n\nF A7 Dm Dm/C Bb\nF A7 Dm Dm/C Bb\n\n\n\nF C F f g g# a\nand that's the way you should leave it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n-- \npjoe@charon.muc.de","chords":["C","G","Bb","F","A7","Dm","Dm/C","F6","C7","C13"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}