Текст песни Curtis Mayfield — We People Who Are Darker Than Blue + аккорды для гитары
Вступление
YouTube link: /watch?v=Tm8lcTTDp0o
[Chords]
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7 B
e|--4-----2-----4-----2--|
B|--5-----2-----4-----4--|
G|--4-----2-----4-----4--|
D|--6-----2-----4-----4--|
A|--4-----4-----6-----2--|
E|--x-----2-----4-----x--|
[Intro]
C#m7 F#m7 (x4)
[Verse 1]
C#m7 F#m7
We people who are darker than blue
C#m7
Are we gonna stand around this town
F#m7
And let what others say come true?
C#m7 G#m7
We're just good for nothing they all figure
F#m7
A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger
C#m7 G#m7
Now we can't hardly stand for that
F#m7
Or is that really where it's at?
C#m7 F#m7
We people who are darker than blue
C#m7
This ain't no time for segregatin'
F#m7
I'm talkin' 'bout brown and yellow too
C#m7 G#m7
High yellow girl, can't you tell
F#m7
You're just the surface of our dark deep well
C#m7 G#m7
If your mind could really see
F#m7
You'd know your color; same as me
C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7
Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory
C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7
I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story
[Instrumental]
C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7
C#m7
[Talkbox Solo: Roger Troutman]
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7 (x16)
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7
Get yourself together
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7
Learn to know your side
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7
Shall we commit our own genocide
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7
Before you check out your mind?
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7
I know we've all got problems
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7
That's why I'm here to say
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7
Keep peace with me and I with you
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7
Let me love in my own way
C#m7 F#m7 G#m7 (x10)
C#m7
[Instrumental]
C#m7 B F#m7
[Verse 2]
C#m7 F#m7
Now I know we have great respect
C#m7 F#m7
For the sister and mother, it's even better yet
C#m7 G#m7
But there's the joker in the street
F#m7
Loving one brother and killing the other
C#m7 G#m7
When the time comes and we are really free
F#m7
There'll be no brothers left, you see
C#m7 F#m7
We people who are darker than blue
C#m7
Don't let us hang around this town
F#m7
And let what others say come true
C#m7 G#m7
We're just good for nothing they all figure
F#m7
A boyish, grown up, shiftless jiggerr
C#m7 G#m7
Now we can't hardly stand for that
F#m7
Or is that really where it's at?
C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7
Pardon me, brother, while you stand in your glory
C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7
I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story
C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7
Pardon me, brother, I know we've come a long, long way
C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7
But let us not be so satisfied for tomorrow can be an even brighter day