Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
D | Bm | C | Am
D | Bm | C | Am
D Bm
You've got to be taught
C Am7
To hate and fear,
D Bm7
You've got to be taught
C Am
From year to year,
D Bm7
It's got to be drummed
Em7 F#7
In your dear little ear
G A D Dm |C| Am
You've got to be carefully taught.
D Bm7 C Am7
You've got to be taught to be afraid
D Bm7 C Am7
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
D Bm Em7 F#7
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
G A D
You've got to be carefully taught.
G F#7 Bm D
You've got to be taught before it's too late,
A G F#7 Bm E7
Before you are six or seven or eight,
A B C A#m
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
Am Bm D G#m E7
You've got to be carefully taught!
E7 G D E A D
You've got to be carefully taught
D | Bm | C | Am x6
D