Ode To A Black Man Chords
by Phil Lynott
Ode To A Black Man by Phil Lynott is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, G#m, F#m and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E
Verse: 1
E
If you see Stevie Wonder tell him I hear
A E
If you hear Stevie Wonder tell him I see
G#m F#m G#m E
I don't want no songs for plants, I want songs for me
G#m F#m G#m E
I don't want no songs for plants, I want liberty, I'm living in the city
Verse: 2
E
If you see the doctor tell him he's king, Dr. Martin Luther
A E
If you see the doctor tell him he's still king, you too Muhammed Ali
G#m F#m G#m E
But this bad black boy, won't be blown away by anything
G#m F#m G#m E
Yes this bad black boy, won't be blown away by anything
G#m C#m
There are people in this town that try to put me down
F#m A
They say I don't give a damn, damn
G#m C#m
But the people in this town that try to put me down
F#m G#m A
Are the people in the town, that could never understand a black man
E
Don't take it no more
Interlude
E
E E
Don't take it no more
E
Don't take it no more
A E
G#m F#m G#m E
G#m F#m G#m E
G#m C#m
There are people in this town that try to put me down
F#m A
They say I don't give a damn, damn
G#m C#m
But the people in this town that try to put me down
F#m G#m A
Are the people in the town, that could never understand a black man
E
Don't take it no more
Verse: 3
E
If you see Robert Johnson, tell him I hear, you too Robert Marley, Robert Mugabe
E
If you see Malcolm, tell him I'm next, vexed
A
If you see Jimi, Jimi Hendrix
E
If you see my brothers tell them it's clear
G#m F#m G#m E
I've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear
G#m F#m G#m E
I've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear
Outro
E
Don't take it no more, I don't take it no more
E
Mr. Joshua Nkomo, don't take it no more
E
Jomo Kenyatta, oh no, don't take it no more
E
Haile Selassi, Rastafarian, don't take it no more
E
Professor Longhair, don't take it no more