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../