Black and white        (Listen to midi)

 

    G - D - G - D        G - D - G - D         G - C - G - D

 

           G          D             G           D

1. The ink is black, the page is white,

         G              C           D

    together we learn to read and write.

              G          D              G          D

    The child is black, the child is white,

               G              C         D                                     G    - C - G - C

    the whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight.

 

             D                      G

    And now a child can understand,

             D                      D7                D                 - D7

    that this is the law of all the land, all the land.

 

              G           D             G            D

2. The world is black, the world is white,

       G             C            D

    it turns by day and then by night.

              G         D               G          D

    The child is black, the child is white,

         G                 C         D                                   G    - C - G - C

    together they grow to see the light, to see the light.

 

             D                      G

    And now at last we plainly see,

              D                      D7       D           - D7

    we'll have a dance of liberty, liberty.

 

              G           D             G           D

3. The world is black, the world is white,

        G            C            D

    it turns by day and then by night.

              G          D              G          D

    The child is black, the child is white,

               G              C         D                                        G    - C - G - D

    the whole world looks upon the sight, the beautiful sight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              G          D              G            D

4. The world is black, the world is white,

        G            C            D

    it turns by day and then by night.

              G         D               G          D

    The child is black, the child is white,

         G                  C         D                                  G    - C - G - D

    together they grow to see the light, to see the light.

 

              G           D             G             D

5. The world is black, the world is white,

        G            C            D

    it turns by day and then by night.

              G         D               G          D

    The child is black, the child is white,

               G              C         D                                        G      - C - G - D

    the whole world looks upon the sight, the beautiful sight.

 

       G - D - G - D ….

 

(Three Dog Night)