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[Intro] (0:00)
Fm Fm Fm Fm
[Verse] (0:16)
FmThe dark brown shades of my skin
FmOnly add colour to my tears
   BbmThat splash against my hollow bones, that rocks my soFmul
FmLooking back over my false dreams, that I once knew
FmWondering why my dreams never came true
   BbmSomebody tell me, what can I doFm  
[Chrous] (1:07)
   BbmSomething is holding me back
Is it because I'm Fmblack?
[Verse] (1:20)
FmIn this world of no pity
FmI was raised in the ghetto of the city
   BbmMomma, she works so hard
To earn every peFmnny
[Chorus] (1:46)
   BbmSomething is holding me back
Is it because I'm Fmblack?
   BbmSomething is holding me back
I wonder, Is it because I'm Fmblack?
[Solo] (2:12)
Fm Fm Fm Fm
[Verse] (2:38)
FmLike a child stealing candy for the first time, and got caught
FmAround life's corner somewhere I got lost
   BbmSomething is holding me back
Is it because I'm bFmlack?
   BbmSomething is holding me back
Is it because I'm blFmack?
[Outro] (3:18)
   BbmSomebody please tell me
Is it because I'm Fmblack? With my black skin
   BbmSomebody, someone...

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Is It Because Im Black

by Ken Boothe

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Bbm

[Intro] (0:00)

Fm Fm Fm Fm

[Verse] (0:16)

The dark brown shades of my skin

Only add colour to my tears

Bbm Fm

That splash against my hollow bones, that rocks my soul

Looking back over my false dreams, that I once knew

Wondering why my dreams never came true

Bbm Fm

Somebody tell me, what can I do

[Chrous] (1:07)

Bbm

Something is holding me back

Is it because I'm black?

[Verse] (1:20)

In this world of no pity

I was raised in the ghetto of the city

Bbm

Momma, she works so hard

To earn every penny

[Chorus] (1:46)

Bbm

Something is holding me back

Is it because I'm black?

Bbm

Something is holding me back

I wonder, Is it because I'm black?

[Solo] (2:12)

Fm Fm Fm Fm

[Verse] (2:38)

Like a child stealing candy for the first time, and got caught

Around life's corner somewhere I got lost

Bbm

Something is holding me back

Is it because I'm black?

Bbm

Something is holding me back

Is it because I'm black?

[Outro] (3:18)

Bbm

Somebody please tell me

Is it because I'm black? With my black skin

Bbm

Somebody, someone...

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