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