Black Rage Chords
by Lauryn Hill
Black Rage by Lauryn Hill is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Am, D, G and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em Am D G Bm
verse 1
Em
Black rage is founded on two-thirds a person
Am
Raping and beatings and suffering that worsens
Em D Bm Am G
Black human packages tied up in strings
Em Am Bm
Black rage can come from all these kinds of things.
Em
Black rage is founded on blatant denial,
Am
sweet economics, subsistent survival,
Em D Bm Am G
deafening silence and social control,
Em Am Bm
black rage is found in all forms in the soul,
Em Am G Em
When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I’m feeling sad,
Am G Em
I simply remember all these kinds of things, and then I don’t fear so bad
verse 2
Em
Black rage is founded who fed us self hatred
Am
Lies and abuse while we waited and waited
Em D
Spiritual treason
Bm Am G
This grid and it's cages
Em Am Bm
Black rage was founded on these kinds of things
Em
Black rage is founded on dreaming and draining
Am
Threatening your freedom
Em
To stop your complaining
D Bm
Poisoning your water
Am G
While they say it's raining
Em Am Bm
Then call you mad for complaining, complaining
Em
Old time bureaucracy
Am
Drugging the youth
Em
Black rage is founded on blocking the truth
D
Murder and crime
Bm Am
Compromise and distortion
G Em
Sacrifice, sacrifice
Am Bm
Who makes this fortune?
Em D
Greed, falsely called progress
Bm Am G
Such human contortion
Em Am Bm
Black rage is founded on these kinds of things
Em Am G Em
When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I’m feeling sad,
Am G Em
I simply remember all these kinds of things, and then I don’t fear so bad