Chords for Tank And The Bangas - Black Folk (Live From Esplanade Studios)
Tempo:
88.55 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Db
Ebm
Ab
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I [Bbm] love black folk.
[Ebm] Black [G] look like a revolution.
Look like a family reunion in the park.
[Bbm] Black look like it's a different world.
Smell like a [Ebm] crawfish ball in New [Bb] Orleans.
Black folk joke [F] around like Martin
and got paintings from JJ in the living [Bb] room.
It sounds [Gb] strong.
[Ebm] It look like sacrifice.
[Bb] It be flowers blooming in the summertime.
[G]
It sound like [Bb] old songs.
[Bbm] Smell like good food, [Ebm] but it tastes like heart [Bb] disease.
But it feel [Bb] like maze at jazz fest.
Black sound like something that hurts, like [Ab] a hard test.
[Ebm] [Bb] Black sound like skin, like something dark.
[G] Black sound like hair, yeah.
Black sound [Bbm] like good hair and rough hair.
[Db] Look like [Ebm] history, like spiritual.
[F] Black sound like years, like [Bb] working, like night.
Like Walmart, like corner [Db] store,
like [Bb] cash register singing.
[C] [G] Black sound like 400 [Bbm] years.
Smell like Oprah, [Ab]
[Eb] impactful like Martin.
[F] Look like Cicely Tyson, sing like [F] Nina.
Got a booty like [Bb] Serena.
But it feel like section A [Ab] in [Eb] broken [F] homes.
Smell like cracking collard [G] greens.
Sounds motivational, [Bbm] feels like church.
Like big Sunday [Ebm] hats and [Bb] ribbons.
[Bb]
Smile like your mama, [Gb] eyes like the sun.
[F] Beautiful child, you know [G] you're the one.
[Eb] [Bbm] Fly like your daddy, [Ab] make [Bb] me so happy.
Beautiful child, [Bb] know you're the one.
[F] It's like thick plaits swinging [Db] and sneaky ankles.
[Ebm] [C] Like Tyler Perry making [Gm] money.
Sound [G] like hating, but it feel frustrating, [Bbm] don't it?
[Ab] Like they won't ever get it, huh?
[Ebm] Like they won't ever get it.
[C] Like push your personal feelings of racial injustice
[Bb] so far underneath the [Dm] carpet that whoops,
you [Bb] done tripped over your own family [Db] history.
But I love me some [Ebm] black folk.
[Bb] I love the hair [F] grease and the rental [G] fees.
[Bb] I love the police, the [Ab] projects, the [Ebm] front row seats,
the [Bb] mustard greens being late, social security checks,
government assistance, bougie black looking good,
bags of hair, fake press on [Ab] nails,
rat tails, gold [Bbm] chain, gold teeth, [Bb] black men, and big feet.
I love me some [G] black folk.
For [Bbm] they are the people that were [Eb] made
from the darkest [Bb] parts of the sky.
Smile like your mama, [Ebm] eyes like the sun.
[F] Beautiful child, know [D] you're the one.
[Bb] You fly like [Bbm] your daddy, [Bb] you make me [Ebm] so happy.
[Bb] Beautiful child, know you're the one.
[G] [Bb] How many days [Ebm] when I see your face,
[F] it must be nostalgia.
[G]
[G] [Bbm] I'll never forget [Ebm] the day that we met.
[Bb] Beautiful child, know [D] you're the one.
[Gm] [Db] Black don't crack, [Ab] I love your [Bb] skin.
[Db] I don't [Ebm] see that from other kids.
[Db] Yesterday and any day, [Eb] I'ma see me and [Ab] I do it different.
You just better [Bb] be pushing boundaries.
Look like west coast, east coast.
Man, over here, [Db] everybody from the [Bb] 504.
What you think I came to [Ab] LA for?
Man, everybody from the [Db] 504.
What you think I came to LA for?
Come on.
And get it, man, everybody from the 504.
[Bbm] What you think I came to LA for?
Come on.
[Bb] Get it, man, everybody [Db] from the 504.
Man, everybody from the 504, yeah.
[Db] You mean everybody from the five oh four.
[Ebm] Which I think I [Eb] came to LA for?
[Bb] met [Db] everybody from the five oh four.
[F] Which I think I came to LA for.
[Bb] Met [Db] everybody from the five oh four.
Met everybody from [A] the five oh four.
[Bb] [Db] Everybody from the platform, what you think I came to LA for?
I came to you.
[Bb] I came to [Db] you.
[Ab] And I really came to [Db] you.
[Ab] I really [G] came to [Db] you.
[Bb] I
[Db] came to you.
[Eb] I [Bb] came to you.
[Db] You [Ab] got me counting the [Db] days.
Counting the ways [Ab] I miss you [Bb] today.
[Db] Oh, [Db] I'm happy to be [Ebm] with [A]
[Bb] [Db] you.
[Bb] [A]
[Ebm] Black [G] look like a revolution.
Look like a family reunion in the park.
[Bbm] Black look like it's a different world.
Smell like a [Ebm] crawfish ball in New [Bb] Orleans.
Black folk joke [F] around like Martin
and got paintings from JJ in the living [Bb] room.
It sounds [Gb] strong.
[Ebm] It look like sacrifice.
[Bb] It be flowers blooming in the summertime.
[G]
It sound like [Bb] old songs.
[Bbm] Smell like good food, [Ebm] but it tastes like heart [Bb] disease.
But it feel [Bb] like maze at jazz fest.
Black sound like something that hurts, like [Ab] a hard test.
[Ebm] [Bb] Black sound like skin, like something dark.
[G] Black sound like hair, yeah.
Black sound [Bbm] like good hair and rough hair.
[Db] Look like [Ebm] history, like spiritual.
[F] Black sound like years, like [Bb] working, like night.
Like Walmart, like corner [Db] store,
like [Bb] cash register singing.
[C] [G] Black sound like 400 [Bbm] years.
Smell like Oprah, [Ab]
[Eb] impactful like Martin.
[F] Look like Cicely Tyson, sing like [F] Nina.
Got a booty like [Bb] Serena.
But it feel like section A [Ab] in [Eb] broken [F] homes.
Smell like cracking collard [G] greens.
Sounds motivational, [Bbm] feels like church.
Like big Sunday [Ebm] hats and [Bb] ribbons.
[Bb]
Smile like your mama, [Gb] eyes like the sun.
[F] Beautiful child, you know [G] you're the one.
[Eb] [Bbm] Fly like your daddy, [Ab] make [Bb] me so happy.
Beautiful child, [Bb] know you're the one.
[F] It's like thick plaits swinging [Db] and sneaky ankles.
[Ebm] [C] Like Tyler Perry making [Gm] money.
Sound [G] like hating, but it feel frustrating, [Bbm] don't it?
[Ab] Like they won't ever get it, huh?
[Ebm] Like they won't ever get it.
[C] Like push your personal feelings of racial injustice
[Bb] so far underneath the [Dm] carpet that whoops,
you [Bb] done tripped over your own family [Db] history.
But I love me some [Ebm] black folk.
[Bb] I love the hair [F] grease and the rental [G] fees.
[Bb] I love the police, the [Ab] projects, the [Ebm] front row seats,
the [Bb] mustard greens being late, social security checks,
government assistance, bougie black looking good,
bags of hair, fake press on [Ab] nails,
rat tails, gold [Bbm] chain, gold teeth, [Bb] black men, and big feet.
I love me some [G] black folk.
For [Bbm] they are the people that were [Eb] made
from the darkest [Bb] parts of the sky.
Smile like your mama, [Ebm] eyes like the sun.
[F] Beautiful child, know [D] you're the one.
[Bb] You fly like [Bbm] your daddy, [Bb] you make me [Ebm] so happy.
[Bb] Beautiful child, know you're the one.
[G] [Bb] How many days [Ebm] when I see your face,
[F] it must be nostalgia.
[G]
[G] [Bbm] I'll never forget [Ebm] the day that we met.
[Bb] Beautiful child, know [D] you're the one.
[Gm] [Db] Black don't crack, [Ab] I love your [Bb] skin.
[Db] I don't [Ebm] see that from other kids.
[Db] Yesterday and any day, [Eb] I'ma see me and [Ab] I do it different.
You just better [Bb] be pushing boundaries.
Look like west coast, east coast.
Man, over here, [Db] everybody from the [Bb] 504.
What you think I came to [Ab] LA for?
Man, everybody from the [Db] 504.
What you think I came to LA for?
Come on.
And get it, man, everybody from the 504.
[Bbm] What you think I came to LA for?
Come on.
[Bb] Get it, man, everybody [Db] from the 504.
Man, everybody from the 504, yeah.
[Db] You mean everybody from the five oh four.
[Ebm] Which I think I [Eb] came to LA for?
[Bb] met [Db] everybody from the five oh four.
[F] Which I think I came to LA for.
[Bb] Met [Db] everybody from the five oh four.
Met everybody from [A] the five oh four.
[Bb] [Db] Everybody from the platform, what you think I came to LA for?
I came to you.
[Bb] I came to [Db] you.
[Ab] And I really came to [Db] you.
[Ab] I really [G] came to [Db] you.
[Bb] I
[Db] came to you.
[Eb] I [Bb] came to you.
[Db] You [Ab] got me counting the [Db] days.
Counting the ways [Ab] I miss you [Bb] today.
[Db] Oh, [Db] I'm happy to be [Ebm] with [A]
[Bb] [Db] you.
[Bb] [A]
Key:
Bb
Db
Ebm
Ab
Bbm
Bb
Db
Ebm
_ _ _ _ I [Bbm] love black folk. _
[Ebm] Black [G] look like a revolution.
Look like a family reunion in the park.
_ [Bbm] Black look like it's a different world.
Smell like a [Ebm] crawfish ball in New [Bb] Orleans.
Black folk joke [F] around like Martin
and got paintings from JJ in the living [Bb] room.
It sounds [Gb] strong.
[Ebm] It look like sacrifice.
[Bb] It be flowers blooming in the summertime.
[G] _ _
_ It sound like [Bb] old songs.
[Bbm] Smell like good food, [Ebm] but it tastes like heart [Bb] disease.
But it feel [Bb] like maze at jazz fest.
_ Black sound like something that hurts, like [Ab] a hard test.
[Ebm] _ [Bb] Black sound like skin, like something dark.
[G] Black sound like hair, yeah.
Black sound [Bbm] like good hair and rough hair.
[Db] Look like [Ebm] history, like spiritual.
[F] _ Black sound like years, like [Bb] working, like night.
_ Like Walmart, _ like corner [Db] store,
like [Bb] cash register singing.
[C] _ _ _ [G] Black sound like 400 [Bbm] years.
_ Smell like Oprah, [Ab] _
[Eb] impactful like Martin.
[F] Look like Cicely Tyson, sing like [F] Nina.
Got a booty like [Bb] Serena.
_ But it feel like section A [Ab] in [Eb] broken [F] homes.
Smell like cracking collard [G] greens.
Sounds motivational, [Bbm] feels like church.
_ Like big Sunday [Ebm] hats and [Bb] ribbons.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Smile _ like your mama, [Gb] eyes like the sun.
[F] Beautiful child, you know [G] you're the one. _
_ [Eb] _ [Bbm] Fly like your daddy, [Ab] make [Bb] me so happy.
Beautiful child, [Bb] know you're the one.
[F] _ _ It's like thick plaits swinging [Db] and sneaky ankles.
[Ebm] _ [C] Like Tyler Perry making [Gm] money.
Sound [G] like hating, but it feel frustrating, [Bbm] don't it?
_ [Ab] Like they won't ever get it, huh?
[Ebm] Like they won't ever get it.
[C] Like push your personal feelings of racial injustice
[Bb] so far underneath the [Dm] carpet that whoops,
you [Bb] done tripped over your own family [Db] history.
But I love me some [Ebm] black folk.
[Bb] _ I love the hair [F] grease and the rental [G] fees.
_ _ [Bb] I love the police, the [Ab] projects, the [Ebm] front row seats,
the [Bb] mustard greens being late, social security checks,
government assistance, bougie black looking good,
bags of hair, fake press on [Ab] nails,
rat tails, gold [Bbm] chain, gold teeth, [Bb] black men, and big feet.
I love me some [G] black folk.
For [Bbm] they are the people that were [Eb] made
from the darkest [Bb] parts of the sky. _ _ _
_ _ Smile like your mama, [Ebm] eyes like the sun.
[F] Beautiful child, know [D] you're the one.
_ [Bb] You fly like [Bbm] your daddy, [Bb] you make me [Ebm] so happy.
[Bb] Beautiful child, know you're the one.
[G] _ _ [Bb] How many days [Ebm] when I see your face,
[F] it must be nostalgia.
_ [G] _ _
[G] _ [Bbm] I'll never forget [Ebm] the day that we met.
[Bb] Beautiful child, know [D] you're the one.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Db] _ Black don't crack, [Ab] I love your [Bb] skin.
[Db] I don't [Ebm] see that from other kids.
[Db] Yesterday and any day, [Eb] I'ma see me and [Ab] I do it different.
You just better [Bb] be pushing boundaries.
Look like west coast, east coast.
Man, over here, [Db] everybody from the [Bb] 504.
What you think I came to [Ab] LA for?
_ Man, everybody from the [Db] 504.
What you think I came to LA for?
Come on.
And get it, man, everybody from the 504.
[Bbm] What you think I came to LA for?
Come on.
[Bb] Get it, man, everybody [Db] from the 504.
Man, everybody from the 504, yeah.
[Db] You mean everybody from the five oh four.
[Ebm] Which I think I [Eb] came to LA for?
[Bb] met [Db] everybody from the five oh four.
[F] Which I think I came to LA for.
[Bb] Met [Db] everybody from the five oh four.
Met everybody from [A] the five oh four.
[Bb] [Db] Everybody from the platform, what you think I came to LA for?
I came to you. _ _ _ _
[Bb] I came to [Db] you.
_ _ _ [Ab] And I really came to [Db] you.
_ _ [Ab] I really [G] came to [Db] you.
_ _ [Bb] I _
_ _ [Db] came to you.
[Eb] I [Bb] came to you.
[Db] _ _ You [Ab] got me counting the [Db] days.
Counting the ways [Ab] I miss you [Bb] today.
_ [Db] _ _ Oh, [Db] I'm happy to be [Ebm] with _ _ [A] _ _
[Bb] [Db] you.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Ebm] Black [G] look like a revolution.
Look like a family reunion in the park.
_ [Bbm] Black look like it's a different world.
Smell like a [Ebm] crawfish ball in New [Bb] Orleans.
Black folk joke [F] around like Martin
and got paintings from JJ in the living [Bb] room.
It sounds [Gb] strong.
[Ebm] It look like sacrifice.
[Bb] It be flowers blooming in the summertime.
[G] _ _
_ It sound like [Bb] old songs.
[Bbm] Smell like good food, [Ebm] but it tastes like heart [Bb] disease.
But it feel [Bb] like maze at jazz fest.
_ Black sound like something that hurts, like [Ab] a hard test.
[Ebm] _ [Bb] Black sound like skin, like something dark.
[G] Black sound like hair, yeah.
Black sound [Bbm] like good hair and rough hair.
[Db] Look like [Ebm] history, like spiritual.
[F] _ Black sound like years, like [Bb] working, like night.
_ Like Walmart, _ like corner [Db] store,
like [Bb] cash register singing.
[C] _ _ _ [G] Black sound like 400 [Bbm] years.
_ Smell like Oprah, [Ab] _
[Eb] impactful like Martin.
[F] Look like Cicely Tyson, sing like [F] Nina.
Got a booty like [Bb] Serena.
_ But it feel like section A [Ab] in [Eb] broken [F] homes.
Smell like cracking collard [G] greens.
Sounds motivational, [Bbm] feels like church.
_ Like big Sunday [Ebm] hats and [Bb] ribbons.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Smile _ like your mama, [Gb] eyes like the sun.
[F] Beautiful child, you know [G] you're the one. _
_ [Eb] _ [Bbm] Fly like your daddy, [Ab] make [Bb] me so happy.
Beautiful child, [Bb] know you're the one.
[F] _ _ It's like thick plaits swinging [Db] and sneaky ankles.
[Ebm] _ [C] Like Tyler Perry making [Gm] money.
Sound [G] like hating, but it feel frustrating, [Bbm] don't it?
_ [Ab] Like they won't ever get it, huh?
[Ebm] Like they won't ever get it.
[C] Like push your personal feelings of racial injustice
[Bb] so far underneath the [Dm] carpet that whoops,
you [Bb] done tripped over your own family [Db] history.
But I love me some [Ebm] black folk.
[Bb] _ I love the hair [F] grease and the rental [G] fees.
_ _ [Bb] I love the police, the [Ab] projects, the [Ebm] front row seats,
the [Bb] mustard greens being late, social security checks,
government assistance, bougie black looking good,
bags of hair, fake press on [Ab] nails,
rat tails, gold [Bbm] chain, gold teeth, [Bb] black men, and big feet.
I love me some [G] black folk.
For [Bbm] they are the people that were [Eb] made
from the darkest [Bb] parts of the sky. _ _ _
_ _ Smile like your mama, [Ebm] eyes like the sun.
[F] Beautiful child, know [D] you're the one.
_ [Bb] You fly like [Bbm] your daddy, [Bb] you make me [Ebm] so happy.
[Bb] Beautiful child, know you're the one.
[G] _ _ [Bb] How many days [Ebm] when I see your face,
[F] it must be nostalgia.
_ [G] _ _
[G] _ [Bbm] I'll never forget [Ebm] the day that we met.
[Bb] Beautiful child, know [D] you're the one.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Db] _ Black don't crack, [Ab] I love your [Bb] skin.
[Db] I don't [Ebm] see that from other kids.
[Db] Yesterday and any day, [Eb] I'ma see me and [Ab] I do it different.
You just better [Bb] be pushing boundaries.
Look like west coast, east coast.
Man, over here, [Db] everybody from the [Bb] 504.
What you think I came to [Ab] LA for?
_ Man, everybody from the [Db] 504.
What you think I came to LA for?
Come on.
And get it, man, everybody from the 504.
[Bbm] What you think I came to LA for?
Come on.
[Bb] Get it, man, everybody [Db] from the 504.
Man, everybody from the 504, yeah.
[Db] You mean everybody from the five oh four.
[Ebm] Which I think I [Eb] came to LA for?
[Bb] met [Db] everybody from the five oh four.
[F] Which I think I came to LA for.
[Bb] Met [Db] everybody from the five oh four.
Met everybody from [A] the five oh four.
[Bb] [Db] Everybody from the platform, what you think I came to LA for?
I came to you. _ _ _ _
[Bb] I came to [Db] you.
_ _ _ [Ab] And I really came to [Db] you.
_ _ [Ab] I really [G] came to [Db] you.
_ _ [Bb] I _
_ _ [Db] came to you.
[Eb] I [Bb] came to you.
[Db] _ _ You [Ab] got me counting the [Db] days.
Counting the ways [Ab] I miss you [Bb] today.
_ [Db] _ _ Oh, [Db] I'm happy to be [Ebm] with _ _ [A] _ _
[Bb] [Db] you.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _