White Man chords by Queen

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Drop D MajorD (D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: FF

Difficulty: Intermediate

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

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

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

Verse 2:

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

Verse 3:

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

Chorus:

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

GUITAR SOLO WITH ECHO:
C majorC C C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
C C majorC C Bb majorBb C majorC
G+G G MajorG G+G FF G+G
G MajorG G+G G MajorG FF G+G

C majorC C C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
C C majorC C Bb majorBb C majorC
G+G G MajorG G+G FF G+G
G MajorG G+G G MajorG FF G+G

FF F FF FF F FF

D MajorD

Chorus:

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

Every skin and bone
FF   D MajorD
Yea Yeah

Guitar solo with echo:
FF   D MajorD  FF   D MajorD

N.C.

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