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Black Brown And White by Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar Chords

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Version 1
            [Verse 1]
  F
This little song that I'm singin' about
 F
People you know it's true
 F
If you're black and gotta work for a living
      N.C.
Now, this is what they will say to you


[Chorus]
                       Bb
They says if you was white, should be all right
             F
If you was brown, stick around
            C7       B7   C7   F  N.C.                    C
But as you's black, oh brother, git back git back git back


[Verse 2]
 F
I was in a place one night
 F
They was all having fun
 F                  N.C.
They was all buyin' beer and wine
N.C.
But they would not sell me none


[Chorus]
                       Bb
They says if you was white, should be all right
             F
If you was brown, stick around
            C7      B7   C7     F   N.C.
But as you's black, oh brother, git back git back git back

C  F  C  F  C  F  C


[Verse 3]
F
I went to an employment office
F
Got a number 'n' I got in line
 F
They called everybody's number
F        N.C.
But they never did call mine


[Chorus]
                       Bb
They says if you was white, should be all right
             F
If you was brown, stick around
            C7      B7   C7     F   N.C.
But as you's black, oh brother, git back git back git back

C  F   C   F


[Verse 4]
F
Me and a man was workin' side by side
F
This is what it meant
N.C.
They was paying him a dollar an hour
N.C.
And they was paying me fifty cent


[Chorus]
                       Bb
They says if you was white, should be all right
             F
If you was brown, stick around
            C7      B7   C7     F   N.C.
But as you's black, oh brother, git back git back git back

C  F  C


[Verse 5]
F
I helped build this country
F
And I fought for it too
F
Now I guess that you can see
F      N.C.
What a black man have to do


[Chorus]
                       Bb
They says if you was white, should be all right
             F
If you was brown, stick around
            C7      B7   C7     F   N.C.
But as you's black, oh brother, git back git back git back

C  F  C


[Verse 6]
F
I helped win sweet victory
F
With my little plow and hoe
F
Now I want you to tell me brother
F              N.C.
What you gonna do about the old Jim Crow?


[Chorus]
                       Bb
They says if you was white, should be all right
             F
If you was brown, stick around
            C7      B7   C7    F
But as you's black, oh brother

Git back git back git back 
        

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