Ode To A Black Man chords

Phil Lynott

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  			Intro: E 

Verse: 1 
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If you see Stevie Wonder tell him I hear 
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If you hear Stevie Wonder tell him I see 
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I don't want no songs for plants, I want songs for me 
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I don't want no songs for plants, I want liberty, I'm living in the city 

Verse: 2 
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If you see the doctor tell him he's king, Dr. Martin Luther 
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If you see the doctor tell him he's still king, you too Muhammed Ali 
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But this bad black boy, won't be blown away by anything 
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Yes this bad black boy, won't be blown away by anything 


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There are people in this town that try to put me down 
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They say I don't give a damn, damn 
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But the people in this town that try to put me down 
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Are the people in the town, that could never understand a black man 
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Don't take it no more 

Interlude 
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E                     E 
 Don't take it no more 
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 Don't take it no more 

A E 
G#m F#m G#m E 
G#m F#m G#m E 

 
          G#m                             C#m 
There are people in this town that try to put me down 
     F#m                    A 
They say I don't give a damn, damn 
        G#m                             C#m 
But the people in this town that try to put me down 
        F#m              G#m                      A 
Are the people in the town, that could never understand a black man 
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Don't take it no more 

Verse: 3 
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If you see Robert Johnson, tell him I hear, you too Robert Marley, Robert Mugabe 
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If you see Malcolm, tell him I'm next, vexed 
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If you see Jimi, Jimi Hendrix 
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If you see my brothers tell them it's clear 
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I've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear 
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I've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear 

Outro 
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Don't take it no more, I don't take it no more 
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Mr. Joshua Nkomo, don't take it no more 
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Jomo Kenyatta, oh no, don't take it no more 
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Haile Selassi, Rastafarian, don't take it no more 
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Professor Longhair, don't take it no more