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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
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Black Messiah 
CEverybody got the Gright to speak their mind
Bb                           F      f g g# (single notes)
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
         F                       A7        DmDm/C  Bb  
Everybody talking about racial equality
                F                         A7      DmDm/C  Bb  
'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes.
                      F                              C              DmDm/C Bb  
But if I told you that God was black what would you think of that
FI bet you wouldn't belCieve it.F  
                          F6                     A7    DmDm/C Bb  
There's a self made prophet living right next to me
                                 F                             A7    DmDm/C Bb  
he said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free.
                        F                 C           DmDm/C Bb  
He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied
F               C          F    f g g# a  
He said a A7Black MessDmiah is A7gonna set the world on Dmfire
and Fhe's no Cliar, 'cos C7he has truly heard the Fword.
         F                       A7       DmDm/C Bb  
Everybody talking about racial equality
                      F                       A7      DmDm/C Bb  
but I'm the only honky living on an all black street
                       F                C       DmDm/C Bb  
they knock me down 'cos they brown and I white.
CEverybody got the Gright to speak their mind
Bb                           F     f g g#
         F                       A7       DmDm/C Bb  
         F                       A7       DmDm/C Bb  
         F                       A7       DmDm/C Bb  
Everybody talking about racial equality
                  F                    A7       DmDm/C Bb  
you hear everybody talking about equal rights.
                  F                   C            DmDm/C Bb  
But white's white, black's black and that's that
F              C              F          f g g# a
Don't want no A7Black MessDmiah to A7come and set the world on Dmfire
a FBlack MessCiah is C7gonna come and C13rule the Fworld
                F                       A7     DmDm/C Bb  
Everybody got to show a little give and take
                F                        A7     DmDm/C Bb  
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
               F                       C            DmDm/C Bb  
Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out.
CEverybody got the Gright to speak their mind
Bbso don't shoot me for saying Fmine.

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Black Messiah

by The Kinks

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C13

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

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Black Messiah

C G

Everybody got the right to speak their mind

Bb F f g g# (single notes)

so don't shoot me for saying mine.

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

Everybody talking about racial equality

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes.

F C Dm Bb

Dm/C

But if I told you that God was black what would you think of that

F C F

I bet you wouldn't believe it.

F6 A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

There's a self made prophet living right next to me

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

he said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free.

F C Dm Bb

Dm/C

He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied

F C F f g g# a

A7 Dm A7 Dm

He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire

F C C7 F

and he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word.

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

Everybody talking about racial equality

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

but I'm the only honky living on an all black street

F C Dm Bb

Dm/C

they knock me down 'cos they brown and I white.

C G

Everybody got the right to speak their mind

Bb F f g g#

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

Everybody talking about racial equality

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

you hear everybody talking about equal rights.

F C Dm Bb

Dm/C

But white's white, black's black and that's that

F C F f g g# a

A7 Dm A7 Dm

Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire

F C C7 C13 F

a Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

Everybody got to show a little give and take

F A7 Dm Bb

Dm/C

Everybody got to live with a little less hate

F C Dm Bb

Dm/C

Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out.

C G

Everybody got the right to speak their mind

Bb F

so don't shoot me for saying mine.

About Black Messiah Chords by The Kinks

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