A C#m Bm When you walk the color line better beware E They're gonna stop and stare A C#m Bm When you cross that color line better take care E You're gonna get your share Bm C#m People some try to rule the world D C#m Rejoicing while the weak ones fade Bm You can't make the black and tan C#m D Be a prisoner in his own land ( C#m ) E And turn him into a slave A C#m Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh Bm E Cross that color line oh oh A C#m Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh Bm E Cross that color line oh oh A D Say hey Willie Mays A E Say hey Cool Papa Bell say A D Say hey to my Daddy Ray A E Say hey say say say A D Say hey Sugar Ray A E Say hey Jackie Robinson say A D Say hey to Satchel Paige A E Say hey say say hey Bm C#m D C#m Calling on America and every sister and sir Bm To take freedom instead C#m D Reverse the hearse and down the dread ( C#m ) E Here's a message daddy gave me to remember A C#m Bm When you walk the color line better beware E They're gonna stop and stare A C#m Bm When you cross that color line better take care E You're gonna get your share A C#m Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh Bm E Cross that color line oh oh A C#m Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh Bm E Cross that color line oh oh A D Say hey Willie Mays A E Say hey Cool Papa Bell say A D Say hey to my Daddy Ray A E Say hey to the Homestead Greys A D Say hey to Sweetwater Clifton A D To Jack Johnson A D To Josh Gibson A E To Shorty Bolden say hey A D When you cross A D When you cross A D When you cross the A E Color line, yeah
