Chords for Lenny Kravitz Black And White America (Official Video)
Tempo:
113.6 bpm
Chords used:
Am
F
Em
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C#]
[A] [E]
[A]
[G#] [A]
[Em]
[Fm] [Em]
[A] [Em]
[Fm] [Em] [Am]
[Em] Martin Luther King [Fm] he had [A] a vision [Em] and that's a fact.
He died so we could see [Fm] that was [Em] his mission.
So don't look back.
[C] There is no division [D] don't you understand.
[Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
And [Am] maybe we'll find it [Bm] on our common ground.
[C] [Am] But it's not the same.
The children of the father, [F] if you're looking back, Obama,
were black [Am] and white [D]
America.
[Em]
[Am]
[A] [Em] In [Am]
1963, [C#] my [A] father married a black woman.
[Em] And when they walked the streets [Fm] they were in [Em] danger.
Remember what she does.
[C] But they just kept on walking [D] forward hand in hand.
[Am] The future looks as though [Dm] it has come [F] around.
And maybe we have finally [Bm] found our common ground.
[Am] We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black [Am] and white [D]
America.
[Am] The future looks as though [F] it has come around.
And maybe we have finally [D] found our common [G] ground.
[Am] We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black and white [Bm]
America.
[Em] [F] [G]
We've [Am] waited so [F] long.
[G]
We've waited [Am] so long.
[F] [E]
[Em]
[Fm] [Em]
Wow.
[A]
[G#] [Em] There
[C] is no division, [D] don't you understand?
[Am] The future looks as though [F] it has come around.
And maybe we have finally [Bm] found our common [Am] ground.
We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
[Am] We're black and white [D]
America.
[Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
And maybe we have finally [D] found our common ground.
[C] [Am] We're the children of Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black and white [D]
[E] America.
[Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
And maybe we have [Bm] finally found our common ground.
[Am] We're the children of Obama.
[Dm] If you're looking back, [F] Obama.
We're black [Am] and white [E]
America.
[Am] Black [Dm]
[F] [C] [F#]
[G] and white [Am] America.
[Dm]
Gonna keep on [F] moving forward.
[E] Oh.
[Am] Yeah.
[Dm]
[Am] Yeah.
[Dm]
[F] [Bm]
[A] [Dm] Yeah.
[F] [D] Yeah.
[G] [Am] [C]
[A] [E]
[A]
[G#] [A]
[Em]
[Fm] [Em]
[A] [Em]
[Fm] [Em] [Am]
[Em] Martin Luther King [Fm] he had [A] a vision [Em] and that's a fact.
He died so we could see [Fm] that was [Em] his mission.
So don't look back.
[C] There is no division [D] don't you understand.
[Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
And [Am] maybe we'll find it [Bm] on our common ground.
[C] [Am] But it's not the same.
The children of the father, [F] if you're looking back, Obama,
were black [Am] and white [D]
America.
[Em]
[Am]
[A] [Em] In [Am]
1963, [C#] my [A] father married a black woman.
[Em] And when they walked the streets [Fm] they were in [Em] danger.
Remember what she does.
[C] But they just kept on walking [D] forward hand in hand.
[Am] The future looks as though [Dm] it has come [F] around.
And maybe we have finally [Bm] found our common ground.
[Am] We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black [Am] and white [D]
America.
[Am] The future looks as though [F] it has come around.
And maybe we have finally [D] found our common [G] ground.
[Am] We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black and white [Bm]
America.
[Em] [F] [G]
We've [Am] waited so [F] long.
[G]
We've waited [Am] so long.
[F] [E]
[Em]
[Fm] [Em]
Wow.
[A]
[G#] [Em] There
[C] is no division, [D] don't you understand?
[Am] The future looks as though [F] it has come around.
And maybe we have finally [Bm] found our common [Am] ground.
We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
[Am] We're black and white [D]
America.
[Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
And maybe we have finally [D] found our common ground.
[C] [Am] We're the children of Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black and white [D]
[E] America.
[Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
And maybe we have [Bm] finally found our common ground.
[Am] We're the children of Obama.
[Dm] If you're looking back, [F] Obama.
We're black [Am] and white [E]
America.
[Am] Black [Dm]
[F] [C] [F#]
[G] and white [Am] America.
[Dm]
Gonna keep on [F] moving forward.
[E] Oh.
[Am] Yeah.
[Dm]
[Am] Yeah.
[Dm]
[F] [Bm]
[A] [Dm] Yeah.
[F] [D] Yeah.
[G] [Am] [C]
Key:
Am
F
Em
C
D
Am
F
Em
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ Martin Luther King [Fm] he had [A] a vision [Em] and that's a fact.
_ He died so we could see [Fm] that was [Em] his mission.
So don't look back.
_ _ [C] There is no division [D] don't you understand.
[Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
And [Am] maybe we'll find it [Bm] on our common ground.
[C] [Am] But it's not the same.
The children of the father, [F] if you're looking back, Obama,
were black [Am] and white [D]
America.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] [Em] In _ _ _ [Am]
1963, [C#] my [A] father married a black woman.
_ [Em] _ And when they walked the streets [Fm] they were in [Em] danger.
Remember what she does.
_ _ [C] But they just kept on walking [D] forward hand in hand.
[Am] The future looks as though [Dm] it has come [F] around.
_ And maybe we have finally [Bm] found our common ground.
[Am] We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black [Am] and white [D]
America.
_ _ [Am] The future looks as though [F] it has come around.
And maybe we have finally [D] found our common [G] ground.
[Am] We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black and white [Bm]
America.
_ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ We've [Am] waited so _ _ [F] long.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ We've waited [Am] so _ long.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Wow.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G#] _ [Em] There _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ is no division, [D] don't you understand?
_ [Am] The future looks as though [F] it has come around.
_ And maybe we have finally [Bm] found our common [Am] ground.
We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
[Am] We're black and white [D]
America.
_ [Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
_ And maybe we have finally [D] found our common ground.
[C] [Am] We're the children of Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black and white [D]
[E] America.
_ [Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
And maybe we have [Bm] finally found our common ground.
[Am] We're the children of Obama.
[Dm] If you're looking back, [F] Obama.
We're black [Am] and white [E]
America.
[Am] _ _ Black _ _ [Dm] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F#] _ _
[G] _ and white [Am] America.
_ [Dm] _
Gonna keep on [F] moving forward.
_ _ [E] Oh. _
[Am] _ _ _ _ Yeah.
[Dm] _ _
[Am] _ _ Yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Yeah.
_ _ [F] _ _ [D] Yeah.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ Martin Luther King [Fm] he had [A] a vision [Em] and that's a fact.
_ He died so we could see [Fm] that was [Em] his mission.
So don't look back.
_ _ [C] There is no division [D] don't you understand.
[Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
And [Am] maybe we'll find it [Bm] on our common ground.
[C] [Am] But it's not the same.
The children of the father, [F] if you're looking back, Obama,
were black [Am] and white [D]
America.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] [Em] In _ _ _ [Am]
1963, [C#] my [A] father married a black woman.
_ [Em] _ And when they walked the streets [Fm] they were in [Em] danger.
Remember what she does.
_ _ [C] But they just kept on walking [D] forward hand in hand.
[Am] The future looks as though [Dm] it has come [F] around.
_ And maybe we have finally [Bm] found our common ground.
[Am] We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black [Am] and white [D]
America.
_ _ [Am] The future looks as though [F] it has come around.
And maybe we have finally [D] found our common [G] ground.
[Am] We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black and white [Bm]
America.
_ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ We've [Am] waited so _ _ [F] long.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ We've waited [Am] so _ long.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Wow.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G#] _ [Em] There _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ is no division, [D] don't you understand?
_ [Am] The future looks as though [F] it has come around.
_ And maybe we have finally [Bm] found our common [Am] ground.
We're the children of [C] Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
[Am] We're black and white [D]
America.
_ [Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
_ And maybe we have finally [D] found our common ground.
[C] [Am] We're the children of Obama.
[F] If you're looking back, Obama.
We're black and white [D]
[E] America.
_ [Am] The future looks as though it [F] has come around.
And maybe we have [Bm] finally found our common ground.
[Am] We're the children of Obama.
[Dm] If you're looking back, [F] Obama.
We're black [Am] and white [E]
America.
[Am] _ _ Black _ _ [Dm] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F#] _ _
[G] _ and white [Am] America.
_ [Dm] _
Gonna keep on [F] moving forward.
_ _ [E] Oh. _
[Am] _ _ _ _ Yeah.
[Dm] _ _
[Am] _ _ Yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Yeah.
_ _ [F] _ _ [D] Yeah.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _