C Bb C
F Gm C
Ebony and ivory
F Gm C
Live together in perfect harmony
F Gm
Side by side on my piano keyboard
C F
Oh Lord why don't we?
C Bb C
F
We all know
Dm C Bb F
That people are the same wherever you go
C
There is good and bad in everyone
Eb Eb-dim D Gm
We learn to live when we learn to give each other
What we need to survive
C
Together alive
F Gm C
Ebony and ivory
F Gm C
Live together in perfect harmony
F Gm
Side by side on my piano keyboard
C F Dsus D
Oh Lord why don't we?
Solo: [G Am D G Am D G Am D G Bb C]
Chords: G Am D G Am D G
{----0-3-2---------------------3-2-2-0--------0------------0-3-2------|{--3-------3----0-1-3-0------3---------3----0---3-0------3-------3----|{-----------------------0---------------------------0-----------------|{---------------------------------------------------------------------|{---------------------------------------------------------------------|{---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am D G Bb C F
|-------------------3-2-2-0------------------------------3S5----------}|--0-1-3----------3---------3----0--------------1-3----1--------------}|--------4-2-0---------------------2-0--------3-----------------------}|--------------------------------------0-3----------------------------}|---------------------------------------------------------------------}|---------------------------------------------------------------------}
F
We all know
Dm C Bb F
That people are the same wherever you go
C
There is good and bad in everyone
Eb Eb-dim D Gm
We learn to live when we learn to give each other
What we need to survive
C
Together alive
F Gm C
Ebony and ivory
F Gm C
Live together in perfect harmony
F Gm
Side by side on my piano keyboard
C F Dsus D
Oh Lord why don't we?
Gm C
Side by side on my piano keyboard
F Gm C
Oh Lord why don't we?
{F Gm C} repeat to fade.
Ebony
Ivory
Living in perfect harmony
Transcribed 3rd June 1996 by
David Linley
