Kinks - Black Messiah guitar tab

e: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:08:58 +0200 (CEST)

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.

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