A5 C#5 B5 When you walk the color line better beware E5 They're gonna stop and stare A5 C#5 B5 When you cross that color line better take care E5 You're gonna get your share B5 C#5 People some try to rule the world D5 C#5 Rejoicing while the weak ones fade B5 You can't make the black and tan C#5 D5 Be a prisoner in his own land ( C#5 ) E5 And turn him into a slave A5 C#5 Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh B5 E5 Cross that color line oh oh A5 C#5 Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh B5 E5 Cross that color line oh oh A5 D5 Say hey Willie Mays A5 E5 Say hey Cool Papa Bell say A5 D5 Say hey to my Daddy Ray A5 E5 Say hey say say say A5 D5 Say hey Sugar Ray A5 E5 Say hey Jackie Robinson say A5 D5 Say hey to Satchel Paige A5 E5 Say hey say say hey B5 C#5 D5 C#5 Calling on America and every sister and sir B5 To take freedom instead C#5 D5 Reverse the hearse and down the dread ( C#5 ) E5 Here's a message daddy gave me to remember A5 C#5 B5 When you walk the color line better beware E5 They're gonna stop and stare A5 C#5 B5 When you cross that color line better take care E5 You're gonna get your share A5 C#5 Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh B5 E5 Cross that color line oh oh A5 C#5 Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh B5 E5 Cross that color line oh oh A5 D5 Say hey Willie Mays A5 E5 Say hey Cool Papa Bell say A5 D5 Say hey to my Daddy Ray A5 E5 Say hey to the Homestead Greys A5 D5 Say hey to Sweetwater Clifton A5 D5 To Jack Johnson A5 D5 To Josh Gibson A5 E5 To Shorty Bolden say hey A5 D5 When you cross A5 D5 When you cross A5 D5 When you cross the A5 E5 Color line, yeah