Phil Lynott – Ode To A Black Man chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
EIf you see Stevie Wonder tell him I hear
A                                    EIf you hear Stevie Wonder tell him I see
        G#m               F#m       G#m            EI don't want no songs for plants, I want songs for me
        G#m               F#m       G#m       EI don't want no songs for plants, I want liberty, I'm living in the city

[Verse 2]
EIf you see the doctor tell him he's king, Dr. Martin Luther
A                                         EIf you see the doctor tell him he's still king, you too Muhammed Ali
         G#m         F#m         G#m           EBut this bad black boy, won't be blown away by anything
         G#m         F#m         G#m           EYes this bad black boy, won't be blown away by anything

[Chorus]
          G#m                             C#mThere are people in this town that try to put me down
     F#m                    AThey say I don't give a damn, damn
        G#m                             C#mBut the people in this town that try to put me down
        F#m              G#m                      AAre the people in the town, that could never understand a black man
                 EDon't take it no more

[Interlude]
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E                     E Don't take it no more
E Don't take it no more

A E
G#m F#m G#m E
G#m F#m G#m E

[Chorus]
          G#m                             C#mThere are people in this town that try to put me down
     F#m                    AThey say I don't give a damn, damn
        G#m                             C#mBut the people in this town that try to put me down
        F#m              G#m                      AAre the people in the town, that could never understand a black man
                 EDon't take it no more

[Verse 3]
EIf you see Robert Johnson, tell him I hear, you too Robert Marley, Robert Mugabe
EIf you see Malcolm, tell him I'm next, vexed
AIf you see Jimi, Jimi Hendrix
EIf you see my brothers tell them it's clear
          G#m                 F#m       G#m   EI've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear
          G#m                 F#m       G#m   EI've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear

[Outro]
EDon't take it no more, I don't take it no more
EMr. Joshua Nkomo, don't take it no more
EJomo Kenyatta, oh no, don't take it no more
EHaile Selassi, Rastafarian, don't take it no more
EProfessor Longhair, don't take it no more