VERSE 1
A#m F# D#m
Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir
A#m F# D#m F# G#
I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin
A#m F# D#m
I tip my hat to the colourful arrangement
A#m F# D#m
Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin
PRE CHORUS
B
We've gotta come together
F# C#
And thank the Maker of us all
CHORUS
C# G# F#
We're coloured people, and we live in a tainted place
C# G# F#
We're coloured people, and they call us the human race
C# G# F#
We've got a history so full of mistakes
C# G# F#
And we are coloured people who depend on a Holy Grace
INTERLUDE
G# C# G# C#
(1, 1, 1, 1... 2, 2, 2, 2... 3, 3, 3, 3... 4, 4, 4, 4)
VERSE 2
A#m F# D#m
G# piece of canvas is only the beginning for
A#m F# D#m F# G#
It takes on character with every loving stroke
A#m F# D#m
This thing of beauty is the passion of an Artist's heart
A#m F# D#m
By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope
PRE CHORUS
B
We've gotta come together,
F# C#
Aren't we all human after all?
CHORUS
C# G# F#
We're coloured people, and we live in a tainted place
C# G# F#
We're coloured people, and they call us the human race
C# G# F#
We've got a history so full of mistakes
C# G# F#
And we are coloured people who depend on a Holy Grace
BRIDGE
A#m F
Ignorance has wronged some races
A#m F
And vengeance is the Lord's
A#m F
If we aspire to share this space
D#m
Repentance is the cure
B C#
Repentance is the cure
SECONDARY INTERLUDE
G# C# G# C#
(1, 1, 1, 1... 2, 2, 2, 2... 3, 3, 3, 3... 4, 4, 4, 4)
C#
Well, just a day in the shoes of a colour blind man
G# F#
Should make it easy for you to see
C#
That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
G# F#
As a part of our anatomy
CHORUS
C# G# F#
We're coloured people, and we live in a tainted place
C# G# F#
We're coloured people, and they call us the human race
C# G# F#
We've got a history so full of mistakes
C# G# F#
And we are coloured people who depend on a Holy Grace
OUTRO
C# G# F#
We're coloured people, and they call us the human race
C# G# F#
(Oh, coloured people)
C# G# F#
We're coloured people, and we all gotta share this space
C# G# F#
(Yeah we've got to come together somehow)
C# G# F#
We're coloured people, and we live in a tainted world
C# G# F#
(Red and yellow, black and white)
C# G# F#
We're coloured people, every man, woman, boy, and girl
C# G# F#
(Coloured people, coloured people, coloured people, coloured people, yeah)