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If You're Not White You're Black – Lord Kitchener
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Written by: Aldwyn Roberts (= Lord Kitchener)
Released in 1953.
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Some background information:
-kurzelinks.de/Race-Rights-and-Riots-in-Britain-and-the-United-States
--.bl.uk/windrush/articles/calypso-and-the-birth-of-british-black-music
--.jstor.org/stable/2934495
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D6 x-x-0-7-7-7
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
A13 x-0-2-0-2-2
D9 x-5-4-5-5-x
D7-9 x-5-4-5-4-x
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[Intro]
| D | D | G D | G D6 |
(hook)
[Verse 1]
G Am7 G/B Em7
Your father is an African
Am7 D D7
Your mother may be Norwegian
G B7 Em7 E7
You pass me, wouldn’t say goodnight
A13 D9 D7-9
Feeling you are really white
Gmaj7 Am7 G/B Em7
Your skin may be a little pink
Am7 D D7
And that’s the reason why you think
G B7 Em7 E7
That the complexion of your face
A13 D7
Can hide you from the negro race
D D7 D7 D7 D7
No, you can never get away from the fact
D7 G D7 G D
If you’re not white you’re considered black
| D | D | G D | G D6 |
(hook)
[Verse 2]
G Am7 G/B Em7
You jug along the thoroughfare
Am7 D D7
You shake our waist like Fred Astaire
G B7 Em7 E7
And when you see me passing by
A13 D9 D7-9
You watch me with a crooked eye
G Am7 G/B Em7
And yet, you speak to Mr. Bee [?]
Am7 D D7
Who does not want your company
G B7 Em7 E7
In ev’ry way you endeavour
A13 D9
To show yourself superior
D7 D7 D7 D7 D7
No, you can never get away from the fact
D7 G D7 G D
If you’re not white you’re considered black
| D | D | G D | G D6 |
(hook)
[Verse 3]
G Am7 G/B Em7
Your negro hair is obvious
Am7 D D7
You make it more conspicuous
G B7 Em7 E7
You use all sorts of Vaseline
A13 D9 D7-9
To make out you are European
G Am7 G/B Em7
You speak with exaggeration
Am7 D D7
To make the greatest impression
G B7 Em7 E7
That you were taught apparently
A13 D9
At Cambridge University
D7 D7 D7 D7 D7
No, you can never get away from the fact
D7 G D7 G D
If you’re not white you’re considered black
| D | D | G D | G D6 |
(hook)
[Verse 4]
G Am7 G/B Em7
You hate the name of Africa
Am7 D D7
The land of your great-grandfather
G B7 Em7 E7
The country where you can’t be wronged [?]
A13 D9 D7-9
The home where you really belong
G Am7 G/B Em7
You rather be amongst the whites
Am7 D D7
Than stick up for your father’s rights
G B7 Em7 E7
And very awful from your face [?]
A13 D9
To think you’re from the negro race
D D7 D7 D7 D7
No, you can never get away from the fact
D7 G D7 G D
If you’re not white you’re considered black
| D | D | G D | G G
(hook)
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