Color Line

[A]When you walk the [C#m]color line better be[Bm]ware
They're gonna s[E]top and stare
[A]When you cross that [C#m]color line better take [Bm]care
You're gonna [E]get your share

[Bm]People some try to [C#m]rule the world
Rej[D]oicing while the weak ones [C#m]fade
You can't [Bm]make the black and tan
Be a [C#m]prisoner in his own land     [D]
           ( [C#m] )   [E]
And turn him into a slave

Cross that [A]color line oh oh [C#m]oh oh oh
Cross that [Bm]color line [E]oh oh
Cross that [A]color line oh oh [C#m]oh oh oh
Cross that [Bm]color line [E]oh oh

Say [A]hey Willie [D]Mays
Say [A]hey Cool Papa Bell [E]say
Say [A]hey to my Daddy [D]Ray
Say [A]hey say say [E]say
Say [A]hey Sugar [D]Ray
Say [A]hey Jackie Robinson [E]say
Say hey [A]to Satchel Paige      [D]
Say hey [A]say say hey      [E]

[Bm]Calling on Am[C#m]erica [D]  and every sister and [C#m]sir
To take f[Bm]reedom instead
Rev[C#m]erse the hearse and down the dread    [D]
                     ( [C#m] )         [E]
Here's a message daddy gave me to remember

[A]When you walk the [C#m]color line better be[Bm]ware
They're gonna [E]stop and stare
[A]When you cross that [C#m]color line better take [Bm]care
You're gonna [E]get your share

Cross that [A]color line oh oh [C#m]oh oh oh
Cross that [Bm]color line [E]oh oh
Cross that [A]color line oh oh [C#m]oh oh oh
Cross that [Bm]color line [E]oh oh

Say [A]hey Willie [D]Mays
Say [A]hey Cool Papa Bell [E]say
Say [A]hey to my Daddy [D]Ray
Say [A]hey to the Homestead [E]Greys
Say [A]hey to Sweetwater [D]Clifton
[A]To Jack [D]Johnson
[A]To Josh [D]Gibson
To S[A]horty Bolden say [E]hey

[A]When you [D]cross
[A]When you [D]cross
[A]When you [D]cross the
[A]Color line, [E]yeah

Greetings from Duesseldorf, Germany!