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