Color Line Garland Jeffreys
Color Line (Garland Jeffreys)
[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]
And turn hi[(]m [C#m]into[)] a s[E]lave
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]
Here's a message dadd[(]y [C#m]gave[)] me to rem[E]ember
[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!
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