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Black And White People

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tuning... no capo.
CHORDS:
E-A-D-G-B-E  
G: 320033
C: x32010
Em:022000
D5: xx023x
Cadd9: x3203x
INTRO: This is the horn part tabbed for guitar. It’s all just on the 
e--3-3-1-3-3-1-3-8-7-5-5-3-3-3-1-3-8-6-8-10-3-1-3-1-3-3-1-3-8-7-5--
e--5-3-3-1-3-1-0-8-13-12-10
VERSE 1:
GOne moCre day GdownC, Everybody has those days
GWhere one Csoft sweGet Csong is just enough to clear my head
In between "head" and the chord change is this on horns:
E:3-3-3-1-1-1-1-2-3
GFall on Creal life, (fall on real life)
GIs anybody Cleft here sane?
EmAnd wD5e’ll sCadd9lide on over, the accept  fate
Man iGt’s bound to be a powerful thing
CHORUS:
GAnd iCf it’s just that you’re weak, can we talk about it?
GIt’s Cgettin so damn creepy just nursing this 
D5Ghost of a chance
The fCadd9iction, the romance, and the Technicolor dreams
BlaGck Cand GwhCite people
VERSE 2:
GOne Cboy headstrong
GHe thiCnks everything here is just plain
GHe’s CpusheGd Cdown so hard you can hear him start to sink
GAnd itC’s onGe last round of this petty conversation
You Chold Emon boy, cuz you won’t go down like this
You D5just Cadd9roll on over and lay down till it’s more that you can take
CHORUS: same as last time
E-7-5-7-5-7-5-0-3-5-3-3-2-0-2-3-2
E-7-5-7-5-7-5-0-3-2-3-3-2-2-0-2-3
E-2-3-7-5-5-3-5-7
e----3--------------------
B-----3-------3----------
G--------0---------------
GSo oCne GmorCe day down, everybody’s changing
GOne Csoft D5sweet song is just enough to clear my....
MCadd9y head
CHORUS: same as last time
Outro: Just switch between G and C, it’s kinda confusing
Any questions, comments, email me at [email protected].

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Black And White People

by Matchbox Twenty

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Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

tuning... no capo.

CHORDS:

E A D G B E

-----

: 320033

: x32010

:022000

: xx023x

Cadd9

: x3203x

INTRO: This is the horn part tabbed for guitar. It’s all just on the

e--3-3-1-3-3-1-3-8-7-5-5-3-3-3-1-3-8-6-8-10-3-1-3-1-3-3-1-3-8-7-5--

e--5-3-3-1-3-1-0-8-13-12-10

VERSE 1:

G C G C

One more day down, Everybody has those days

G C G C

Where one soft sweet song is just enough to clear my head

In between "head" and the chord change is this on horns:

:3-3-3-1-1-1-1-2-3

G C

Fall on real life, (fall on real life)

G C

Is anybody left here sane?

Em D5 Cadd9

And we’ll slide on over, the accept fate

Man it’s bound to be a powerful thing

CHORUS:

G C

And if it’s just that you’re weak, can we talk about it?

G C

It’s gettin so damn creepy just nursing this

Ghost of a chance

Cadd9

The fiction, the romance, and the Technicolor dreams

G C G C

Black and white people

VERSE 2:

G C

One boy headstrong

G C

He thinks everything here is just plain

G C G C

He’s pushed down so hard you can hear him start to sink

G C G

And it’s one last round of this petty conversation

C Em

You hold on boy, cuz you won’t go down like this

D5 Cadd9

You just roll on over and lay down till it’s more that you can take

CHORUS: same as last time

-7-5-7-5-7-5-0-3-5-3-3-2-0-2-3-2

-7-5-7-5-7-5-0-3-2-3-3-2-2-0-2-3

-2-3-7-5-5-3-5-7

e----3--------------------

B-----3-------3----------

G--------0---------------

G C G C

So one more day down, everybody’s changing

G C D5

One soft sweet song is just enough to clear my....

Cadd9

My head

CHORUS: same as last time

Outro: Just switch between G and C, it’s kinda confusing

Any questions, comments, email me at [email protected].

About Black And White People Chords by Matchbox Twenty

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What key is "Black And White People" in?

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