Black Messiah chords by The Kinks (Ver. 2)

Black Messiah

written by Ray Davies
performed by The Kinks
from "Misfits", 1978
transcribed by Peter Eybert


C         G
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb              F   f g g# (single notes)
so don't shoot me for saying mine.

F     A7           Dm   Dm/C Bb
Everybody talking about racial equality
   F      A7            Dm  Dm/C Bb
'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes.
  F         C              Dm      Dm/C Bb
But if I told you that God was black what would you think of that
F           C    F
I bet you wouldn't believe it.

     F6        A7          Dm Dm/C Bb
There's a self made prophet living right next to me
      F           A7              Dm Dm/C Bb
he said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free.
  F           C        Dm     Dm/C Bb
He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied
F        C     F  f g g# a
and he really believed it.

     A7    Dm   A7           Dm
He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire
  F    C     C7           F
and he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word.

F     A7           Dm   Dm/C Bb
Everybody talking about racial equality
      F     A7           Dm  Dm/C Bb
but I'm the only honky living on an all black street
   F         C       Dm   Dm/C Bb
they knock me down 'cos they brown and I white.

C         G
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb              F   f g g#
so don't shoot me for saying mine.

F     A7           Dm   Dm/C Bb
F     A7           Dm   Dm/C Bb
F     A7           Dm   Dm/C Bb
Everybody talking about racial equality
     F     A7         Dm   Dm/C Bb
you hear everybody talking about equal rights.
  F       C         Dm     Dm/C Bb
But white's white, black's black and that's that
F       C       F     f g g# a
and that's the way you should leave it.

       A7    Dm   A7            Dm
Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire
 F     C   C7       C13   F
a Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world
F        A7           Dm  Dm/C Bb
Everybody got to show a little give and take
F        A7           Dm  Dm/C Bb
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
F        C           Dm     Dm/C Bb
Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out.

C         G
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb              F
so don't shoot me for saying mine.

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