Colorblind Chords by John P. Kee

_ [B] If _ [Db] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[B] you [Ebm] had a choice [E] of your color, [Dbm] _ [Gb] _
could [Ebm] you tell me [E] what it would [Dbm] be? _
[B] Red, [Ebm] yellow, brown, [E] white or amber, [Dbm] _ _
[B] cause [Ebm] heaven would work so [E] good for [Bb] me. _
[Abm] It [G] doesn't matter [B] the color [Db] of your skin, [Dbm] but what matters [B] is your heart and your [E] soul,
and spirit down within. _
[Db] _ _ [B] _ Colorblind, what [Eb] if we [Bbm] weren't?
_ _ [Eb] Colorblind, if hatred [Abm] remained, [Gb] would we [A] begin [Cm] to kill the [Dbm] wounds inside?
[B] Of racism, [E] and it's gonna lay [Db] the whole _ [B] world blind.
[Em] What [Eb] if we were _ [Ab] _ [Eb] colorblind?
Could I [Abm] be your name then?
Then [Gb] we could play golf [A] and be friends, [Ab] and place the past [Dbm] behind.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ If we were [B] colorblind, [Ebm] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] she'd [B] _ [Ebm] sit at the bus stop, [E] waiting patient, [Dbm] _ _
[B] _ [Ebm] while the neighbors [B] pass her [Dbm] by. _
[B] At [Ebm] six years old, she [E] really couldn't [Dbm] understand, no no [B] no no no no no,
while [Ebm] some of them turned [E] and rolled [Bb] their eyes.
[Abm] I was crushed [G] by the moment [B] when Shannon [Db] turned and said,
[Dbm] I tried to [B] change the subject, [E] but the pain remained deep down [Db] inside.
_ [B] Colorblind, hey, [Eb] full [Bb] of shine.
_ _ [Eb] Colorblind, could I be your [Abm] neighbor then?
[Gb] We could fellowship [A] and be friends, [Cm] and treat each [Dbm] _ other right.
[Gb] Treat each other right.
If we were [B] colorblind.
[Ebm] Oh, [E] oh, oh, oh, oh.
[Gbm] Listen, it's [E] hatred never hurts, [Db] the one that's [Eb] being hated.
[B] When you treat me bad, [Eb] I start to feel fire in [Ab] my eyes.
I'm [Bb] numb, [Bm] I'm numb, I'm numb, [Ab] myself, I'm myself.
I'm [Db] brainwashed for hate, he said.
[Gb] You belong to it. _
_ _ What if [Db] we were _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] colorblind? _ _
[Eb] _ When hatred [Abm] still remained, [Gb] how good will [A] we be gained?
To feel the [Dbm] world inside, [B] of racism and a scarred, all of our [Em] heads.
_ [B] _ _
Colorblind.
[Eb] What if we were _ [Bb] colorblind?
[Eb] We couldn't see color, could I live [Abm] beside the pain?
[Gb] Maybe we [A] could be friends, and blame the [Dbm] past, make it right, leave it [Gb] behind.
Can you be [Em] _ [B] colorblind? _
_ _ _ [Db] Colorblind.
_ [B] _ _
_ Could it place you wrong?
Colorblind. _
The area of me would give you [Em] a loan if we were.
[B] Colorblind.
When I walk in the store, bells in the [Em] ring.
[B] Colorblind. _
_ Could not snap this [Db] thing.
[B] Colorblind.
Saints, hold your head up [Db] today.
_ [B] _
Colorblind.
Meet some _ [Em] misunderstandings.
[B] Colorblind.
I would not go to jail for riding my bike in my old [Em] neighborhood.
[B] Colorblind.
So be encouraged, and keep your head up today. _ _ _
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