Black Messiah chords by The Kinks

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Black Messiah

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


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

FF     A7A7           DmDm   Dm/C Bb majorBb
Everybody talking about racial equality
   FF      A7A7            DmDm  Dm/C Bb majorBb
'cos everybody's equal in the good Lord's eyes.
  FF         C majorC              DmDm      Dm/C Bb majorBb
But if I told you that God was black what would you think of that
FF           C majorC    FF
I bet you wouldn't believe it.

     F6F6        A7A7          DmDm Dm/C Bb majorBb
There's a self made prophet living right next to me
      FF           A7A7              DmDm Dm/C Bb majorBb
he said the Black Messiah's gonna come and set the whole world free.
  FF           C majorC        DmDm     Dm/C Bb majorBb
He looked at me with his evil eye and he prophesied
FF        C majorC     FF  f g g# a
and he really believed it.

     A7A7    DmDm   A7A7           DmDm
He said a Black Messiah is gonna set the world on fire
  FF    C majorC     C7C7           FF
and he's no liar, 'cos he has truly heard the word.

FF     A7A7           DmDm   Dm/C Bb majorBb
Everybody talking about racial equality
      FF     A7A7           DmDm  Dm/C Bb majorBb
but I'm the only honky living on an all black street
   FF         C majorC       DmDm   Dm/C Bb majorBb
they knock me down 'cos they brown and I white.

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

FF     A7A7           DmDm   Dm/C Bb majorBb
FF     A7A7           DmDm   Dm/C Bb majorBb
FF     A7A7           DmDm   Dm/C Bb majorBb
Everybody talking about racial equality
     FF     A7A7         DmDm   Dm/C Bb majorBb
you hear everybody talking about equal rights.
  FF       C majorC         DmDm     Dm/C Bb majorBb
But white's white, black's black and that's that
FF       C majorC       FF     f g g# a
and that's the way you should leave it.

       A7A7    DmDm   A7A7            DmDm
Don't want no Black Messiah to come and set the world on fire
 FF     C majorC   C7C7       C13C13   FF
a Black Messiah is gonna come and rule the world
FF        A7A7           DmDm  Dm/C Bb majorBb
Everybody got to show a little give and take
FF        A7A7           DmDm  Dm/C Bb majorBb
Everybody got to live with a little less hate
FF        C majorC           DmDm     Dm/C Bb majorBb
Everybody gotta work it out, we gotta sort it out.

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

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