Black Gold by Esperanza Spalding [OFFICIAL] Chords

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_ [N] What's up guys? _ _ _
_ _ _ What's up man?
How was school?
Good.
Yeah?
What'd you do?
We got to pet my teacher's dog.
She brought her dog to school?
Yeah.
Yeah?
So what'd you learn today in school, man?
_ Um, we're starting world history.
Oh yeah, world history?
_ _ Yeah, today we learned about Africa and tomorrow we're going to learn about Rome.
Wait, wow, so one day for Africa, huh?
I guess.
Well, what did you learn?
_ That there were pharaohs and big huge pyramids in _ _ Egypt.
And that there are 86 countries on the continent.
Wow, I like this.
And that a lot of slaves came from West Africa.
Oh, that's what you learned?
_ _ Yeah.
And also that the oldest bones of humans was found there.
Were found there.
Huh? _
Were found there.
_ Well, did you learn that Africa was full of queens and kings and some of the first democratic societies were found in Africa? _ _
No.
Africa was full of thousands of languages and religions.
_ Watch yourself.
[F] And that some of the most amazing artists [Gb] and scientists [C] that ever walked the face of the earth [N] lived in Africa?
No. _
And that [A] man's oldest relatives, [Gbm] like one of the most sustainable _ civilizations ever, _ [A] started there in Africa and still lives there today, actually.
Did [N] you learn any of that?
No.
_ _ Okay. _ _
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_ Well, after dinner, we're going to [E] look at some of my African history books, okay?
Okay. Okay.
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_ _ [F] Boys, dinner.
Come get your food. _
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[Bb] There'll be [B] folks hair bent on [F] putting you [G] _ down. _
[Cm] Don't get _ burned.
[Eb] _ Don't get _ _ [G] burned.
[F] _ _ Not _ _ [Bb] _ [B] necessarily. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] Everyone [Cm] will know [Fm] your _ worth.
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_ Oh, [F] no, no.
All your _ worth.
Think [Dm] of all the strength you have in [Db] you.
The blood you carry [Bm] within _ [Cm] you.
[Dm] Ancient men, _
[F] powerful men, builders of _
[Cm] [D] civilization.
_ [G] Think [Dm] _ _
[Am] of all the strength you have [F] in _ _
[Cm] you.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Builders of _ [Am] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ civilization. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] Hold your [Eb] head as high as [D] you [F] can.
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_ _ [Dm] _ [C] Life sometimes [Cm] is cold [Bb] and cruel, baby.
No one else will [Bbm] tell you so, but remember that [F] you _ are [Eb] _
black [Dm] gold, [Bb] black _ [Bbm] gold.
_ _ _ [C] You _ _ [Cm]
are [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ black gold.
_ [B] _ [F] You _ _ _
[Gm] _ are black gold.
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ Think [Bm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [A] _
[F] _ _ of all the strength you have in you.
[Am] The blood [Db] you carry within [Ab] you.
[G] [Dm] Ancient men, [C] powerful men, [F] builders of _
[A] civilization.
_ [Dm] _ _ Dad, _
[A] _ do you hear any [C] music? _ _
[Eb] I think I do.
[Gm] Let's go see what it is.
Come on.
[C] Ancient men, [A] powerful [F] men, _ builders of [Cm] _ _ civilization. _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ Hold your [Eb] head as high _ _ [F] _ as [G] you _ can.
[F] Life _ sometimes [Cm] is cold [B] and cruel, [Dm] baby.
No one else will [Cm] tell you so, but remember that you [Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] are black gold, [Db] black gold.
[Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Black [Eb] _
gold.
_ [Cm] Black _ _ [F] _ _
_ gold.
[Db] Black gold.
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_ [D] _ [Bb] Black _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _
gold.
[Dbm] Black gold.
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[Ab] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Black gold.
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Dbm] You are black [Ab] _
gold
You [Dbm] are [Gb] black _ _ gold, [D] black gold
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_ _ _ [E] You _ [B] are _ _ _ [Abm] black _ [Dbm] _ _
gold
_ [Gb] Hold your [Ab] head as high as you [B] can
High enough [E] to see you, high enough to [Gb] see you
Like _ [E] somebody's cold, [Ab] that's cool
[Bm] Make more than [D] I can tell you, so remember
_ [A] You _ [B] _
are, you are
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_ _ _ _ _ You _
[C] are _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] black _ gold
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[B] You _ [Abm] are, [D] _ _ _
[E] you _ are
[B] _ _
You [C] are, _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
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_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm]
you _ _ [C] are _ _ _
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