C5                      G5 
I was born in Alabama, but I never knew my Momma. 
Bb5                               F5 
She gave me away at three months old. 
     C5                    G5 
Some folks in Mississippi took me in an' kept me, 
    Bb5                               F5 
An' treated me just like I was their own. 
  A5       G5              F5 
A Holiness preacher man's daughter, 
      D5           F5            G5 
And a hard-working sharecropper father. 
 
 
            C5                         G5 
An' my real Momma was Apache, my real Daddy? Hell, don't ask me. 
Bb5                            F5 
Momma says she don't remember him. 
             C5                             G5 
An' I'm sure somewhere in my history, I've got some slave blood in me. 
    Bb5                          F5 
An' some folks think I look Mexican. 
  A5           G5          F5 
I never really fit in any place, 
               D5       F5             G5 
'Cause there's always a part of me to hate. 
 
 
        F5 
I'm the rainbow man. 
       C5 
That's who I am. 
             G5                           C5 
I'm a little white an' black an' red and tanned. 
         F5                   C5          D5   G5 
I've got all these different colors in my skin. 
        C5 
I'm the rainbow man. 
 
 
      C5                                   G5 
Well, I know you may doubt it, but if you stop an' think about it, 
Bb5                                      F5 
There's one common thing that we've all got. 
C5                              G5 
People from all countries come here because they're hungry, 
           Bb5                           F5 
For what's cookin' in America's meltin' pot. 
A5        G5                 F5 
We're all different but the same. 
D5                          G5 
Red's the only color in our veins. 
 
 
            F5 
And I'm the rainbow man. 
            C5 
Livin' in a rainbow land. 
    G5                                         C5 
I'm white an' black an' yellow an' brown  an' red and tanned. 
           F5                C5           D5  G5 
And I'm so proud of all the colors that I am: 
        C5 
I'm the rainbow man. 
          F5           C5     D5  G5 
All these colors make me American, 
        C5            Bb5  C5 
I'm the rainbow man.