Black Messiah
The KinksVersion1
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Chords in this song
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Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb F f g g(single notes)
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
Everybody talking about racial equality
'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes.
But if I told you that God was black what would you think of that
I bet you wouldn't believe it.
There's a self made prophet living right next to me
he said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free.
He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied
F C F f g ga
and he really believed it.
He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire
and he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word.
Everybody talking about racial equality
but I'm the only honky living on an all black street
they knock me down 'cos they brown and I white.
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb F f g g
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
Everybody talking about racial equality
you hear everybody talking about equal rights.
But white's white, black's black and that's that
F C F f g ga
and that's the way you should leave it.
Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire
a Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world
Everybody got to show a little give and take
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out.
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
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Readable chord sheet for Black Messiah by The Kinks
Ev[C]erybody got the righ[G]t to speak their mind Bb F f g g so don't shoot me for saying mine. [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] Ev[Bb]erybody talking about racial equality [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] 'c[Bb]os everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes. [F] [C] [Dm] [Dm/C] Bu[Bb]t if I told you that God was black what would you think of that I [F]bet you wouldn't believe[C] it. [F] [F6] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] Th[Bb]ere's a self made prophet living right next to me [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] he[Bb] said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free. [F] [C] [Dm] [Dm/C] He[Bb] looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied F C F f g g and he really believed it. He[A7] said a Blac[Dm]k Messiah[A7] is gonna set the world o[Dm]n fire an[F]d he's no [C]liar, 'cos he[C7] has truly heard the word[F]. [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] Ev[Bb]erybody talking about racial equality [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] bu[Bb]t I'm the only honky living on an all black street [F] [C] [Dm] [Dm/C] th[Bb]ey knock me down 'cos they brown and I white. Ev[C]erybody got the righ[G]t to speak their mind Bb F f g g so don't shoot me for saying mine. [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] [Bb] [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] [Bb] [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] Ev[Bb]erybody talking about racial equality [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] yo[Bb]u hear everybody talking about equal rights. [F] [C] [Dm] [Dm/C] Bu[Bb]t white's white, black's black and that's that F C F f g g and that's the way you should leave it. Do[A7]n't want no [Dm]Black Mes[A7]siah to come and set the wor[Dm]ld on fire a [F]Black Messia[C]h is gonn[C7]a come and rule t[C13]he world [F] [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] Ev[Bb]erybody got to show a little give and take [F] [A7] [Dm] [Dm/C] Ev[Bb]erybody got to live with a little less hate [F] [C] [Dm] [Dm/C] Ev[Bb]erybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out. Ev[C]erybody got the righ[G]t to speak their mind so[Bb] don't shoot me for saying mine[F].