Black gold (1992)
C - G - Em - D +
D - G - D - D - G - D (2x)
+ G - D - G - D - C - G - Am - D
D
G
D - G D
G D
1. Two boys on a playground, tryin‘ to
push each other down,
D G D
see
the crowd gather round,
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nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd.
G D - G D
Black gold in a white plight,
C G
A
D
won‘t you fill up the tank,
let‘s go for a ride,
G D
G D
I don‘t care about no
wheelchair,
C G
A
D
I‘ve got so much left to do
with my life.
D
G
D - G D - G
D
2. Moving
backwards through time, never
learn, never mind,
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D - G D - G
D
that side‘s yours, this
side‘s mine, brother, you ain‘t my kind.
G D
- G D
Black soldier, white fight,
C G A D
won‘t you fill up the tank,
let‘s go for a ride.
G D
- G D
Sure like to feel some pride,
C G A D
but
this place makes me feel sad inside.
C Em A
Mother do you know where your
kids are tonight ?
+ D ~ ~ ~
+ D - G - D - D - G - D - D - G
- D - C - G - Am - D
D
G D
3. Keep the kids off the
street,
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G
D
give
them something to do, something to
eat.
D G
D - G D
This spot was a playground,
this flat land used to be a town.
G D
- G D
Black gold in a white plight,
C G A
D
won‘t you fill up the tank,
let‘s go for a ride,
G D - G D
Sure like to feel some pride,
C G A
D
but
this place makes me feel sad inside.
G D - G D
Black gold in a white plight,
C G A
D
won‘t you fill up the tank,
let‘s go for a ride,
G D - G
D
I don‘t care about no wheelchair,
C G A
D
I‘ve got so much left to do
with my life.
+ C - Em - A - D - G - D - D - G - D
(Soul Asylum)