{"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":2720070,"song":"African Race","artist":"Abyssinians","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11528940-african-race-chords-by-abyssinians/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2720070?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab]Picking pattern for C:\r\ne|---------------0--------------|\r\nB|---------1---------1-------1--|\r\nG|-----0-----------------0------|\r\nD|------------------------------|\r\nA|-3----------3-----------------|\r\nE|------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Picking pattern for Am:\r\ne|---------------0--------------|\r\nB|---------1---------1-------1--|\r\nG|-----3-----------------3------|\r\nD|------------------------------|\r\nA|-0----------0-----------------|\r\nE|------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n...other Chords like the pattern C and Am. Let´s start:\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe are the slave descendants of the African race[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAfrican race, the African race[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe are the slave descendants of the African race[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere proud is no disgrace[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOur forefathers were taken away,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\ntaken away, taken away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey were bound in ships and shackled all the way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike baggage and brought to the west[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey swapped my brother now,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nalso, my sister too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor a drink of wine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nso they could drink and be merry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo they could drink and be merry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI speak Amharic,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nmy sister speaks Swahili[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey put us together now,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat's why we can't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat's why we can't understand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe are the slave descendants of the African race[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAfrican race, the African race[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe are the slave descendants of the African race[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere proud is no disgrace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere proud of our African Race[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere proud is no disgrace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere proud of our African Race[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere proud of our African Race[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Here is finally the bassline tab:\r\nG|-------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|-------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-------7(o)--------7-7-7---5-5----------------5---5----------|\r\nE|--5-5-------5-5-5---------------8-5(1/2 o)--8---8---8--5--8--|[/tab]\r","plain_text":"...other Chords like the pattern C and Am. Let´s start:\n\n[Intro]\nC Am Dm E\nC Am Dm E Am\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","B","G","D","A","E","Am","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}