Chords for Chip Taylor - Black and Blue America

Tempo:
140.5 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

D

B

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Chip Taylor - Black and Blue America chords
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[A] It was a ray of light
It [E] was a wall of sound
It was [A] a fight
for life
[D] until the walls came down
[F#m] It was a [A] dream to dream
in [E] any damned
Old town it was a true [A] America
[D] Red white [A] black and blue America
[E]
[A] It was a right on Jack
[E] You got balls of steel
[A] round this whole
racetrack
[B]
[D] Didn't you spend them wheels?
It [A] was a march with Martin cuz that's [E] just the way
you'd feel
It was a [A] true America
[D] red white black and [A] blue
America
[D] back in the
1956
[Bm]
[A]
We [E] were so right nobody [Bm] could tell us [A] that we
[D] And back in the
1966
[A]
What was it didn't [E] the passion
Fit [A] the song
[E]
[A]
Here we are
But [E] where's that good?
old
[A] Where's that dream to dream?
Where's [D] that [A] man?
[A] Oh
All the heroes
[C#m] But they were [E] gone so soon
True
[A]
[D] Red wine
[A]
[E]
Martin Luther King
[A]
[E]
[A]
[D] [E]
[D] [E]
[A]
[E]
[B]
[A]
[D] To [B]
[A]
[D] the mouth
1956
[A] hallelujah, but we were [E] so right
[E] Nobody could tell us I [A] forgot to remember to [E] forget her
I can't sing to get her
[A]
And [D]
back in the
1966
Wasn't [A] it every
Didn't [E] the passion
The [D]
[E]
[A]
[C#] [F#m]
[D]
answer [E] is
[B] [A]
[E]
Restaurant
It [A] was a [E] wall
[C#m] [E]
It [A] was a funny
Until [D] the walls came
It [A] was a dream to dream in any [E] damn
It was a true [A] America
[D]
[A]
[D] A true [A] America red [D] white [E] and black [A] and blue America
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
B
12341112
F#m
123111112
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ It was a ray _ _ of light _
_ _ _ It [E] was a _ wall of sound
_ _ _ _ It was [A] a fight
_ for life
_ _ _ _ [D] until the walls came _ down
_ _ [F#m] It was a [A] _ dream to dream
_ _ _ in [E] any _ damned
Old town _ _ it was a true [A] America _ _ _ _
[D] _ Red white [A] black and blue America
_ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
[A] It was a right on Jack
_ _ _ _ _
[E] You got _ balls of steel _ _ _ _ _
[A] round this whole _
racetrack
_ _ [B] _ _
[D] Didn't you spend _ _ them wheels?
_ It [A] was a march _ with Martin _ cuz that's [E] just the way
_ you'd feel
_ _ It was a [A] true America _ _ _
[D] _ red white black and [A] blue
_ America _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ back in the _
1956
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We [E] were so right _ _ _ _ _ nobody [Bm] could tell us [A] that we
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] And back in the
_ 1966
_ _ _ _ _ [A]
What was it _ _ didn't _ _ _ [E] the passion
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Fit [A] the song
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ Here we are _
_ _ But [E] where's that good?
_ old _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Where's that _ dream to dream? _
_ _ _ Where's [D] that _ [A] man? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Oh
All the heroes _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ But they were [E] _ gone so soon
_ _ _ _ True
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Red wine
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E]
Martin _ Luther King _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] To _ _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ the _ _ mouth
1956 _ _ _
[A] hallelujah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ but we were [E] so right _ _ _ _
_ [E] Nobody could tell us I [A] forgot _ to _ remember _ _ to [E] forget her _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I _ can't sing _ to get her _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And [D] _
_ back in the _
1966
_ _ _ Wasn't [A] it every _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Didn't [E] the passion _ _ _ _
The _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
answer _ _ [E] is
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Restaurant _ _ _
It _ _ _ [A] was a _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] wall
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _
_ It _ [A] was a funny _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Until [D] the _ walls came
_ _ _ It [A] was a _ dream to dream _ _ in any [E] damn
_ It _ _ _ _ was a true [A] America _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ A true [A] America _ _ _ red [D] _ _ white [E] and black [A] and blue America _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _