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