Black and White Chords
Black and White by Three Dog Night is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, F#, E, Eb and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
B F# B F#
The ink is black, the page is white,
B E F#
together we learn to read and write.
B F# B F#
A child is black, a child is white;
B E F#
the whole world looks upon the sight,
B E B
a beautiful sight.
ÇBRIDGE:
F# B
And now a child can understand
F#
that this is the law of all the land,
F# E Eb C#
all the land.
VERSE:
B F# B F#
The world is black, the world is white.
B E F#
It turns by day, and turns by night.
B F# B F#
A child is black, a child is white,
B E F#
together they grow to see the light,
B E B
to see the light.
BRIDGE:
F# B
And now, at last, we plainly see
F#
the alphabet of liberty,
F# E Eb C#
of liberty.