Colored People Chords
by DC Talk
Colored People by DC Talk is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords D, A, G, Bm, Em, C, Bm4 and Bm9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
D A G 4X
D A G D A G
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Bm G Em
Pardon me, your epidermis is showing
Bm G Em
I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin
Bm G Em
I tip my hat to the colourful arrangement
Bm G Em
Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin
C G A
We gotta come together, and thank the maker of us all
D A G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D A G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D A G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D A G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
A
Bm G Em
A piece of canvas is only the beginning
Bm G Em
It takes on character with every loving stroke
Bm G Em
This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart
Bm G Em
By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope
C G A
We gotta come together, aren't we all human after all?
D A G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D A G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D A G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D A G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
Bm Bm4
Ignorance has wronged some races
Bm Bm9
And vengeance is the Lord's
Bm Bm4
If we aspire to share this space
Em G A
Repentance is the cure
D A G D A G
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D
Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man
A G
Should make it easy for you to see
D
That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
A G
As a part of our anatomy
D A G
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
D A G
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
D A G
We've got a history so full of mistakes
D A G
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
D A G...