Black Messiah

The Kinks

Tom: C

C                 G               Bb                           F   
Everybody got the right to speak their mind, so don't shoot me for
saying mine.
F         A7                 Dm7      Bb
Everybody talk about racial equality,  
F                A7                       Dm7   Bb
'Cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes.  
F                      C                             Dm7           
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. 

          F                 A7                   Dm7 Bb
There's a self-made prophet living right next to me,  
            F                     A7                           Dm7   Bb
He said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free.  

F                        C            Dm7        Bb F             
C         F
He looked at me with his evil eye and prophesied.   And he really
believed it. 

F         A7         Dm7   A7                     Dm7 
He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire.
    F       C          C7                         
And he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word.
F         A7                 Dm7      Bb
Everybody talk about racial equality.  
            F          A7                     Dm7     Bb
But I'm the only honky living on an all black street.  
F                       C              Dm7      Bb
They knock me down 'cos they brown and I white.  

C                 G                        
Bb                           F   
Everybody got the right to speak their mind, so don't shoot me for
saying mine.
F A7 Dm Bb F A7 Dm Bb
F          A7                 Dm7      Bb
Everybody talk about racial equality,  
F               A7               Dm7     Bb
Yeah, everybody talk about equal rights.  
F                  C                 Dm7         
But white's white, black's black and that's that.
Bb F                             C         F
   And that's the way you should leave it. 

F             A7         Dm7   A7                        Dm7 
Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire.
  F        C       C7                           
A Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world.
F         A7                   Dm7            Bb
Everybody got to show a little give and take.  
     F           A7                      Dm7   Bb
Everybody got to live with a little less hate.  
F               C                     Dm7          Bb
Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out.  
      
Bb                           F   
Everybody got the right to speak their mind, so don't shoot me for
saying mine.