{"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":76231,"song":"We The People","artist":"Curtis Mayfield","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11546753-we-the-people-chords-by-curtis-mayfield/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/76231?type=chord","rating":0.04068,"votes":0,"content":"WE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DARKER THAN BLUE by CURTIS MAYFIELD\r\n\r\nChords used:\r\n[ch]C#m7[/ch]:  x46454\r\n[ch]F#m7[/ch]:  2x2222\r\n[ch]F#m9[/ch]:  xx7654\r\n[ch]G#m7[/ch]:  4x4444\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]C#m7[/ch] [ch]F#m7[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] [ch]F#m9[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]               [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n We people who are darker than blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nAre we gonna stand around this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nAnd let what others say come true?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]                  [ch]G#m7[/ch]\r\nWe're just good for nothing they all figure,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n A boyish, grown-up, shiftless jigger.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]                           [ch]G#m7[/ch]\r\n Now we can't hardly stand for that,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n Or is that really where it's at?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]               [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n We people who are darker than blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nThis ain't no time for segregating[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nI'm talking 'bout brown and yellow two.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m7[/ch]                   [ch]G#m7[/ch]\r\nHigh yellow girl, can't you tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nYou're just the surface of our dark deep well?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]                       [ch]G#m7[/ch]\r\n If your mind could really see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nYou'd know your colour the same as me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]    [ch]F#m7[/ch]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]               [ch]F#m9[/ch]\r\n Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]              [ch]F#m7[/ch]      [ch]C#m7[/ch]           [ch]F#m9[/ch]\r\n I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]C#m7[/ch] [ch]F#m7[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab]n.[ch]C[/ch].\r\n(drums and bass)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nGet yourself together, learn to know your side.[/tab]\r\n\r\nShall we commit our own genocide before you check out your mind?\r\n\r\nI know we've all got problems, that's why I'm here to say,\r\n\r\nKeep peace with me and I with you, let me love in my own way.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n(instrumental)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch] [ch]G#m7[/ch] [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n(harp)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n Now I know we have great respect[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m7[/ch]                         [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nFor the sister, and mother it's even better yet.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]                    [ch]G#m7[/ch]\r\nBut there's the joker in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nLoving one brother and killing the other.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]                            [ch]G#m7[/ch]\r\n When the time comes and we are really free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nThere'll be no brothers left you see.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]               [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n We people who are darker than blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]`     [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nDon't let us hang around this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nAnd let what others say come true.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]                      [ch]G#m7[/ch]\r\nWe're just good for nothing they all figure,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n A boyish, grown-up, shiftless jigger.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]                           [ch]G#m7[/ch]\r\n Now we can't hardly stand for that,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n Or is that really where it's at?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]        [ch]F#m7[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]              [ch]F#m9[/ch]\r\n Pardon me, brother, while you stand in your glory,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]              [ch]F#m7[/ch]    [ch]C#m7[/ch]             [ch]F#m9[/ch]\r\n I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]    [ch]F#m7[/ch]        [ch]C#m7[/ch]          [ch]F#m9[/ch]\r\n Pardon me, brother, I know we've come a long, long way,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]        [ch]F#m7[/ch]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]      [ch]F#m9[/ch]\r\n But let us not be satisfied for tomorrow can be an,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\n An even brighter day.[/tab]","plain_text":"WE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DARKER THAN BLUE by CURTIS MAYFIELD\n\nChords used:\nC#m7:  x46454\nF#m7:  2x2222\nF#m9:  xx7654\nG#m7:  4x4444\n\n\nC#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m9 (x2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC#m7 F#m7 (x2)\n\n\n\n\n\nShall we commit our own genocide before you check out your mind?\n\nI know we've all got problems, that's why I'm here to say,\n\nKeep peace with me and I with you, let me love in my own way.","chords":["C#m7","F#m7","F#m9","G#m7","A","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]}}}