Chords for Matchbox 20 - 03 Black & White People

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Ah.
It's like a big, ah, and then, ah, so. _
And then it turns into like the cocktail lounge, doesn't it?
And it's like, hey, how are you people doing tonight?
Good, good. _ _ _ _ _
Now we're gonna take it nice and easy.
Now, um, the next song, the next song could be misunderstood, I think.
Not, uh, not in a bad way, because I think either way would work.
But, uh, it's, the next song is called, it's called Black and White People.
And, um, it's not about black and white people.
And it's not about us and them in any way whatsoever.
It's more about the, the notion that, like, sometimes me, you know, as the writer, I'll use me as a good example.
Ah, we, ah, like you write it and you feel like a black and white person yourself.
You know, like, everybody else is in full color.
And everybody else has kind of got it all figured out.
But then you yourself are stuck over here in Pleasantville.
You know what I mean?
You got your own thing going on.
And so the whole idea of black and white people, you know, the black and white person was one person.
As opposed to the whole us and them theory.
And, uh, the single gunman theory.
_ So, uh, I know, I know, I know it's a bad joke.
I know.
And I knew right then I was taking a risk. _ _
But, uh, so this is a song called Black and White People. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ One more day down. _ _
_ Well, everybody has those days. _ _
Where one soft sweet song is just enough to clear my head.
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[G] _ _ All on real life.
All on real life.
Is anybody left [C] there sane? _ _
[Em] You know, slide [D] on over and [C] accept fate.
_ Then it's bound [G] to be a powerful thing.
If it's just a joke, [C] can we [G] talk about it?
It's getting so damn [C] creepy.
Just nursing [D] this ghost of a chance.
The fiction, the [C] romance, and the technicolor dreams.
_ Of a black and [G] white people. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ One boy, headstrong. _ _
_ He thinks that living here is [C] just a pain. _ _
[G] And he's pushed down [C] so [G] hard, you can hear him start to [Gm] sink.
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[G] And this one [C] last [G] round of petty conversation.
You hold [C] on, boy, because you won't go [A] down [Em] like this.
So just roll [D] on over and lay [C] down till it's more than you can take.
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_ And if it's just [C] a joke, can we [G] talk about it?
It's getting so [C] damn creepy.
Just [G] nursing [D] this ghost of a chance.
The fiction, the [C] romance, and the technicolor dreams.
_ Of black and [A] white people.
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[G] So one more day down. _ _
_ And hell, everybody's changing. _ _
But one soft, sweet sound is just enough to clear [F] my, _ my head. _
[G] My head.
Well, if it's just a [C] tweak, can we talk [G] about it?
It's getting so [C] damn creepy.
Just nursing [D] this ghost of a chance.
The fiction, the romance, [A] and the [B] technicolor dreams.
[C] _ [D] Of black and [G] white people.
Yeah, so [C] if you're weak, can we [G] talk about it?
It's getting so [C] damn creepy.
[G] Just nursing [D] this ghost of a chance.
The fiction, the romance, [C] and the technicolor dream.
_ Of black and [G] white people.
_ _ [C] We are black [G] and white.
_ _ _ [C] Yeah, we are [G] black and white people.
_ [C] We're all black and [G] white people.
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_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ Thank you very much.
_ _ _ _ _ Black and white people, ladies and gentlemen.
That's Box 21. _ _ _ _ _