Ode To A Black Man

Phil Lynott

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Ode To A Black Man

Written by Phil Lynott

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	  		Intro: E 

Verse: 1 
E 
If you see Stevie Wonder tell him I hear 
A                                    E 
If you hear Stevie Wonder tell him I see 
        G#m               F#m       G#m            E 
I don't want no songs for plants, I want songs for me 
        G#m               F#m       G#m       E 
I don't want no songs for plants, I want liberty, I'm living in the city 

Verse: 2 
E 
If you see the doctor tell him he's king, Dr. Martin Luther 
A                                         E 
If you see the doctor tell him he's still king, you too Muhammed Ali 
         G#m         F#m         G#m           E 
But this bad black boy, won't be blown away by anything 
         G#m         F#m         G#m           E 
Yes this bad black boy, won't be blown away by anything 


          G#m                             C#m 
There are people in this town that try to put me down 
     F#m                    A 
They say I don't give a damn, damn 
        G#m                             C#m 
But the people in this town that try to put me down 
        F#m              G#m                      A 
Are the people in the town, that could never understand a black man 
                 E 
Don't take it no more 


Interlude 
E 
E                     E 
 Don't take it no more 
E 
 Don't take it no more 

A E 
G#m F#m G#m E 
G#m F#m G#m E 

 
          G#m                             C#m 
There are people in this town that try to put me down 
     F#m                    A 
They say I don't give a damn, damn 
        G#m                             C#m 
But the people in this town that try to put me down 
        F#m              G#m                      A 
Are the people in the town, that could never understand a black man 
                 E 
Don't take it no more 


Verse: 3 
E 
If you see Robert Johnson, tell him I hear, you too Robert Marley, Robert Mugabe 
E 
If you see Malcolm, tell him I'm next, vexed 
A 
If you see Jimi, Jimi Hendrix 
E 
If you see my brothers tell them it's clear 
          G#m                 F#m       G#m   E 
I've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear 
          G#m                 F#m       G#m   E 
I've been living on the wrong side, but now I hear 

Outro 
E 
Don't take it no more, I don't take it no more 
E 
Mr. Joshua Nkomo, don't take it no more 
E 
Jomo Kenyatta, oh no, don't take it no more 
E 
Haile Selassi, Rastafarian, don't take it no more 
E 
Professor Longhair, don't take it no more

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