Bates Jeff - Rainbow Man guitar tab

C G

I was born in Alabama, but I never knew my Momma.

Bb F

She gave me away at three months old.

C G

Some folks in Mississippi took me in an' kept me,

Bb F

An' treated me just like I was their own.

Am G F

A Holiness preacher man's daughter,

Dm F G

And a hard-working sharecropper father.

C G

An' my real Momma was Apache, my real Daddy? Hell, don't ask me.

Bb F

Momma says she don't remember him.

C G

An' I'm sure somewhere in my history, I've got some slave blood in me.

Bb F

An' some folks think I look Mexican.

Am G F

I never really fit in any place,

Dm F G

'Cause there's always a part of me to hate.

F

I'm the rainbow man.

C

That's who I am.

G C

I'm a little white an' black an' red and tanned.

F C/E Dm Gsus

I've got all these different colors in my skin.

C

I'm the rainbow man.

C G

Well, I know you may doubt it, but if you stop an' think about it,

Bb F

There's one common thing that we've all got.

C G

People from all countries come here because they're hungry,

Bb F

For what's cookin' in America's meltin' pot.

Am G F

We're all different but the same.

Dm G

Red's the only color in our veins.

F

And I'm the rainbow man.

C

Livin' in a rainbow land.

G C

I'm white an' black an' yellow an' brown an' red and tanned.

F C/E Dm Gsus

And I'm so proud of all the colors that I am:

C

I'm the rainbow man.

F C/E Dm Gsus

All these colors make me American,

C Bb C

I'm the rainbow man.