White Man chords by Queen

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

Key: F

Difficulty: Intermediate

White Man
Omit 3rd on all chords throughout:
Verse 1:

   D D D C D
I'm a simple man
D C  D D D C D
With a simple name
D C    C C C Bb C
From this soil my people came
C Bb  C C C Bb  G
In this soil remain
F D   F D
Oh yeah, oh yeah
  D D D C D  D C
He made us our shoes
    D D D C D
We trod soft on the land
D C   C C C Bb C
But the immigrant built roads
C Bb C C C Bb G
On our blood and sand
F D   F D
Oh yeah.

Chorus:
F   D  F   D
White man, White man
         G      Bb       D
Don't you see the light behind your blackened skies
F   D  F   D
White man, White man
         G     Bb       D
You took away the sight to blind my simple eyes
F   D  F   D
White man, White man
        Bb G
Where you gonna hide
           D
From the hell you've made ?

Verse 2:

C   D D D C D
Oh the Red man knows war
D  C  D D D C D
With his hands and his knives
D C  C C C Bb C
On the bible you swore
C   Bb  C C C Bb G
Fought your battle with lies
F D  F D
Oh yeah

Verse 3:

C    D D D C D
Leave my body in shame
D   C D D D C D
Leave my soul in disgrace
D C  C C C Bb C
But by every God's name
C  Bb  C C C Bb     G
Say your prayers for your race
F D
Oh yeah

Chorus:

F   D  F   D
White man, White man
        G     Bb       D
Our country was green and all our rivers wide
F   D  F   D
White man, White man
        G   Bb         D
You came with a gun and soon our children died
F   D  F   D
White man, White man
         Bb  G
Don't you give a light
           D  F G D
for the blood you've shed

GUITAR SOLO WITH ECHO:
C C C Bb C
C C C Bb C
G G G F G
G G G F G

C C C Bb C
C C C Bb C
G G G F G
G G G F G

F F F F F F

D

Chorus:

F   D  F   D
Oh White man, White man (White man)
F   D  F   D
White man, White man
F   D  F   D
Fought your battle with lies, yeah
F   D  F   D
White man, White man - but weren't too civilized yeah
F   D  F   D
White man, White man
      Bb
Take a look around

Every skin and bone
F   D
Yea Yeah

Guitar solo with echo:
F   D  F   D

N.C.

Outro:
C    D  D D C D
What is left of your dream?
D  C  D   D D C D
Just the words on your stone
D C C    C  C Bb C
Then learned how to  teach
C  Bb C  C  Bb G
Then forgot how to learn
F D
Oh yeah
F D