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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1667686,"song":"Is It Because Im Black","artist":"Syl Johnson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11347905-is-it-because-im-black-chords-by-syl-johnson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1667686?type=chord","rating":4.40102,"votes":10,"content":"Is It Because I'm Black\r\n\r\nSyl Johnson\r\n\r\nOnly two chords but SO MUCH SOUL\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]                                                              \r\nThe dark brown shades of my skin only add colour to my tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dbm[/ch]                                                    [ch]Abm[/ch]  \r\nOoooooh    That splash against my hollow bones, that rocks my soul[/tab]\r\n\r\nLooking back over my false dreams, that I once knew\r\n\r\nWondering why my dreams never came true\r\n[tab][ch]Dbm[/ch]\r\nIs it because I'm black?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Abm[/ch]\r\nSomebody tell me, what can I do Oh Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dbm[/ch]\r\nSomething is holding me back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Abm[/ch]\r\nIs it because I'm black?[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn this world of no pity\r\n\r\nI was raised in the ghetto of the city\r\n[tab][ch]Dbm[/ch]\r\nMomma, she works so hard[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo earn every penny\r\n\r\nSomething is holding me back\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Abm[/ch]\r\nIs it because I'm black?[/tab]\r\n\r\nSOLO (same chords)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Abm[/ch]\r\nLike a child stealing candy for the first time, and got caught[/tab]\r\n\r\nThiefing around life's corner somewhere I got lost\r\n[tab][ch]Dbm[/ch]\r\nSomething is holding me back ahaaaaaaaaa[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Abm[/ch]\r\nI wonder, is it because I'm black?[/tab]\r\n                            \r\nSomebody tell me what can I do\r\n\r\nWill I survive, or will I die?\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dbm[/ch]\r\nYou keep on holding me back[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou keep on holding on\r\n\r\nYou keep on picking on me\r\n\r\nYou keep on holding me back\r\n\r\nYou keep on holding on\r\n\r\nYou keep on holding on\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Abm[/ch] ([ch]Abm[/ch] until the end!!!)\r\nYou're holding me back[/tab]\r\n\r\nI wonder why, you do me like that\r\n\r\nBut you keep on holding me back\r\n\r\nYou keep on putting your foot on me\r\n\r\nBut I, I've got to break away\r\n\r\nSomehow and someday\r\n\r\nCause I wanna be somebody so bad, so bad\r\n\r\nI wanna be somebody, I wanna be somebody so bad\r\n\r\nYou see, I want diamond rings and things, like you do\r\n\r\nAnd I wanna drive Cadillac cars\r\n\r\nI wanna be somebody so bad\r\n\r\nBut you keep on putting your foot on me\r\n\r\nAnd I, I believe, I believe I can break away\r\n\r\nAnd be somebody, somehow, and someway\r\n\r\nYa see, I heard somebody say one time\r\n\r\nYou can make it, if you try\r\n\r\nAnd some of us, we tried so hard, we tried so hard\r\n\r\nI want you to know that I don't speak for myself\r\n\r\nBut I speak for y'all too right now\r\n\r\nYa see, if you have white-like brown skin and a high yeller\r\n\r\nYou're still black\r\n\r\nSo we all got to stick together right now\r\n\r\nThis I wanna say to you my sisters and my brothers\r\n\r\nRight on sister\r\n\r\nRight on brother\r\n\r\nDig this:\r\n\r\nAnd we keep on pushing down\r\n\r\nWe've got to make it a little bit further\r\n\r\nWe've got to make it a little further\r\n\r\nAll we got to do is try, try, try\r\n\r\nAnd some of us, we've tried so hard\r\n\r\nWe've tried so hard, we've tried so hard\r\n\r\nWe've tried so hard, so hard to be somebody\r\n\r\nWe've tried so hard, although, they're holding us back\r\n\r\nAnd it stairs the reason, that they're doing us like that\r\n\r\nYou know what? It is\r\n\r\nI believe, it is because we are black\r\n\r\nBut hey, we can't stop now, we can't stop now\r\n\r\nWe've got to keep on, keep on, keep on, keeping on\r\n\r\nWe've got to keep on keeping on\r\n\r\nI know and I know and I know that you know that I know it ain't right\r\n\r\nOh, it ain't right, it ain't right, it ain't right\r\n\r\nThat they hold us, hold us, hold us back\r\n\r\nThey're holding us back, they're holding us back\r\n\r\nI wonder, sometimes I sit down, sit down and I wonder","plain_text":"Is It Because I'm Black\n\nSyl Johnson\n\nOnly two chords but SO MUCH SOUL\n\n\n\n\n\nLooking back over my false dreams, that I once knew\n\nWondering why my dreams never came true\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this world of no pity\n\nI was raised in the ghetto of the city\n\n\nTo earn every penny\n\nSomething is holding me back\n\n\nSOLO (same chords)\n\n\n\nThiefing around life's corner somewhere I got lost\n\n\n                            \nSomebody tell me what can I do\n\nWill I survive, or will I die?\n\n\n\nYou keep on holding on\n\nYou keep on picking on me\n\nYou keep on holding me back\n\nYou keep on holding on\n\nYou keep on holding on\n\n\nI wonder why, you do me like that\n\nBut you keep on holding me back\n\nYou keep on putting your foot on me\n\nBut I, I've got to break away\n\nSomehow and someday\n\nCause I wanna be somebody so bad, so bad\n\nI wanna be somebody, I wanna be somebody so bad\n\nYou see, I want diamond rings and things, like you do\n\nAnd I wanna drive Cadillac cars\n\nI wanna be somebody so bad\n\nBut you keep on putting your foot on me\n\nAnd I, I believe, I believe I can break away\n\nAnd be somebody, somehow, and someway\n\nYa see, I heard somebody say one time\n\nYou can make it, if you try\n\nAnd some of us, we tried so hard, we tried so hard\n\nI want you to know that I don't speak for myself\n\nBut I speak for y'all too right now\n\nYa see, if you have white-like brown skin and a high yeller\n\nYou're still black\n\nSo we all got to stick together right now\n\nThis I wanna say to you my sisters and my brothers\n\nRight on sister\n\nRight on brother\n\nDig this:\n\nAnd we keep on pushing down\n\nWe've got to make it a little bit further\n\nWe've got to make it a little further\n\nAll we got to do is try, try, try\n\nAnd some of us, we've tried so hard\n\nWe've tried so hard, we've tried so hard\n\nWe've tried so hard, so hard to be somebody\n\nWe've tried so hard, although, they're holding us back\n\nAnd it stairs the reason, that they're doing us like that\n\nYou know what? It is\n\nI believe, it is because we are black\n\nBut hey, we can't stop now, we can't stop now\n\nWe've got to keep on, keep on, keep on, keeping on\n\nWe've got to keep on keeping on\n\nI know and I know and I know that you know that I know it ain't right\n\nOh, it ain't right, it ain't right, it ain't right\n\nThat they hold us, hold us, hold us back\n\nThey're holding us back, they're holding us back\n\nI wonder, sometimes I sit down, sit down and I wonder","chords":["Abm","Dbm"]}