#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:08:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Eybert Subject: CRD: Black Messiah by The Kinks Black Messiah written by Ray Davies performed by The Kinks from "Misfits", 1978 transcribed by Peter Eybert C G Everybody got the right to speak their mind Bb F f g g# (single notes) so don't shoot me for saying mine. F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody talking about racial equality F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb 'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes. F C Dm Dm/C Bb But if I told you that God was black what would you think of that F C F I bet you wouldn't believe it. F6 A7 Dm Dm/C Bb There's a self made prophet living right next to me F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb he said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free. F C Dm Dm/C Bb He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied F C F f g g# a and he really believed it. A7 Dm A7 Dm He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire F C C7 F and he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word. F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody talking about racial equality F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb but I'm the only honky living on an all black street F C Dm Dm/C Bb they knock me down 'cos they brown and I white. C G Everybody got the right 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 Bb Everybody talking about racial equality F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb you hear everybody talking about equal rights. F C Dm Dm/C Bb But white's white, black's black and that's that F C F f g g# a and that's the way you should leave it. A7 Dm A7 Dm Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire F C C7 C13 F a Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody got to show a little give and take F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody got to live with a little less hate F C Dm Dm/C Bb Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out. C G Everybody got the right to speak their mind Bb F so don't shoot me for saying mine. -- [email protected]
About the artist behind Black Messiah Chords:
The band's early hard-driving singles set a standard in the mid-1960s for rock and roll, while albums such as Face to Face,[2] Something Else, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur and Muswell Hillbillies are highly regarded by fans, critics, and peers, and are considered amongst the most influential recordings of the era.[3]
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