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INTRO CHORDS :( A   A#  B)
VERSE CHORDS :( B  A)
INTRO   A   A#  B  
BDon't care wherAe you come from
As long as you're a black man
You're an African
(CHORUS)
BNo mind your naAtionality
You have got the identity of an African
B'Cause if you cAome from Clarendon
And if you come from Portland
And if you come from Westmoreland
You're an African
CHORUS
BNo mind your naAtionality
You've got the identity of an African
B'Cause if you cAome Trinidad
And if you come from Nassau
And if you come from Cuba
You're an African
CHORUS
BNo mind your coAmplexion
There is no rejection
You're an African
B'Cause if your Aplexion
High(3x)
If your complexion low, low, low
And if your plexion in between
You're an African
CHORUS
BNo mind denominAation
That is only segregation
You're an African
B'Cause if you gAo to the Catholic
And if you go to the Methodist
And if you go to the Church of Gods
You're an African
CHORUS
BNo mind your naAtionality
You have got the identity of an African
B'Cause if you cAome from Brixton
And if you come from Weesday
And if you come from Wingstead
And if you come from France
...Brooklyn
...Queens
...Manhattan
...Canada
...Miami
...Switzerland
...Germany
...Russia
...Taiwan

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African

by Peter Tosh

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A A# B

INTRO CHORDS :( )

B A

VERSE CHORDS :( )

A A# B

INTRO

B A

Don't care where you come from

As long as you're a black man

You're an African

(CHORUS)

B A

No mind your nationality

You have got the identity of an African

B A

'Cause if you come from Clarendon

And if you come from Portland

And if you come from Westmoreland

You're an African

CHORUS

B A

No mind your nationality

You've got the identity of an African

B A

'Cause if you come Trinidad

And if you come from Nassau

And if you come from Cuba

You're an African

CHORUS

B A

No mind your complexion

There is no rejection

You're an African

B A

'Cause if your plexion

High(3x)

If your complexion low, low, low

And if your plexion in between

You're an African

CHORUS

B A

No mind denomination

That is only segregation

You're an African

B A

'Cause if you go to the Catholic

And if you go to the Methodist

And if you go to the Church of Gods

You're an African

CHORUS

B A

No mind your nationality

You have got the identity of an African

B A

'Cause if you come from Brixton

And if you come from Weesday

And if you come from Wingstead

And if you come from France

...Brooklyn

...Queens

...Manhattan

...Canada

...Miami

...Switzerland

...Germany

...Russia

...Taiwan

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