Intro:
D5 - A5 - G5 4X
D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5
1...1...1...1...2...2...2...2...3...3...3...3...4...4...4...4...
B5 G5 E5
Pardon me, your epidermis is showing
B5 G5 E5
I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin
B5 G5 E5
I tip my hat to the colourful arrangement
B5 G5 E5
Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin
C5 G5 A5
We gotta come together, and thank the maker of us all
D5 A5 G5
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D5 A5 G5
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D5 A5 G5
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D5 A5 G5
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
A5
B5 G5 E5
A piece of canvas is only the beginning
B5 G5 E5
It takes on character with every loving stroke
B5 G5 E5
This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart
B5 G5 E5
By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope
C5 G5 A5
We gotta come together, aren't we all human after all?
D5 A5 G5
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D5 A5 G5
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D5 A5 G5
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D5 A5 G5
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
B5 B5
Ignorance has wronged some races
B5 B5
And vengeance is the Lord's
B5 B5
If we aspire to share this space
E5 G5 - A5
Repentance is the cure
D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 G5
1...1...1...1...2...2...2...2...3...3...3...3...4...4...4...4...
D5
Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man
A5 G5
Should make it easy for you to see
D5
That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
A5 G5
As a part of our anatomy
D5 A5 G5
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D5 A5 G5
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D5 A5 G5
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D5 A5 G5
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
D5 - A5 - G../
