Title:  Colored People

Album:  Jesus Freak

Artist:  dc Talk

(Copyright 1995, The Forefront Communications Group, Inc.)

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Tabbed & Arranged by: RCRogers <QV2373_114@mail.commnet.edu

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Legend:

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x       frethand mute

pm      palm mute

b       bend  (ex.  4b(half)r(4)  [bend up half step and release down to

4])

r       release

h       hammer on

p       pull off

~       vibrato

/       slide up  (ex.  4/6  [pick 4, slide into 6, then pick 6]

             (ex.  4/(6)  [pick 4, slide into 6; don't pick 6--ghost

note])

\       slide down  (see "slide up" ex. above)

^^      tremolo

nh      natural harmonic

ah      artificial harmonic

(note)  ghost note  (ex.  (4)  [not struck but sounded])

ps      pick scrape  [scrape (slide) side of pick along specified

string]                                                   

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Tuning:  (Standard)  



(1)=E     (4)=D            

(2)=B     (5)=A         

(3)=G     (6)=E       

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Chords:  (EADGBE)



 A-x02220      D/F#-2x0232

A7-x02020       Em7-020000

Bm-x2443x       F#5-24xxxx

 C-x32010     Cadd9-x32033

 D-xx0232     Gadd9-300003

 G-320033 

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[Intro & Chorus]



   (electic guitar w/ dist.)

   (w/ pick & fingers)

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

B|--7-----7----7------10--7--------7----------------------------------------

G|--7-----7----7-------7--7--------7h9------9-----9/(11)\(7)-----7---7/(9)--

D|-----0-----0------0----------0--------7---7---7-7/(9)\(5)-5---5----------

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------



E|---------------------------------------------------------------------

B|--7-----7----7------10--7--------7-----------------------------------

G|--7-----7----7-------7--7--------7h9------9-----7-------7-----7/(9)--

D|-----0-----0------0----------0--------7---7---7\5----5--5------------

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------





[Interlude]



D               A       G       D               A       G       

1...1...1...1...2...2...2...2...3...3...3...3...4...4...4...4...





[Verse 1 (clean guitar)]



Bm      Gadd9   Em7

Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, mister

Bm           Gadd9              Em7            G      A

I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin

Bm       Gadd9          Em7

I tip my hat to the colourful arrangement

       Bm        Gadd9         Em7

Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin





[Pre-Chorus]



Cadd9                    G                    A

We've gotta come together and thank the maker of us all





[Chorus]



D                             A         G

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place

D                               A           G

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

D                       A              G

We've got a history so full of mistakes

          D                      A         G    

And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace





[Interlude]



A7             D/F#             A7             D/F#       

1...1...1...1...2...2...2...2...3...3...3...3...4...4...4...4...





[Verse 2]



A piece of canvas is only the beginning

It takes on character with every loving stroke

This thing of beauty is the passion of an artist's heart

By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope





[Pre-Chorus]



We gotta come together, aren't we all human after all?





[Chorus]





[Bridge]



Bm                          F#5

Ignorance has wronged some races

    Bm         F#5

And vengeance is the Lord's

   Bm                           F#5

If we aspire to share this space

  Em                  C      A

Repentance is the cure





[Interlude]



D               A       G       D               A       G       

1...1...1...1...2...2...2...2...3...3...3...3...4...4...4...4...

             D

Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man

               A                    G

Should make it easy for you to see

           D

That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones

     A                  G

As a part of our anatomy





[Chorus] (Repeat and Fade)