Black And White Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]The apples ripe upon the bow
the orange on the [E]tree
[Am]The hands were black that picked the fruit
for [E]you, [Am]but not for me

[Verse 2]
Diamonds shining in the rock
gleaming white and [E]blue
[Am]Ten hours a day in the diamond mines
for [E]me, [Am]but not for you

[Verse 3]
A sea [Am]of grass and mountain ranges
beckoning [E]the free
[Am]A place to walk with head held high
[E]for you, but [Am]not for me

[Verse 4]
The burning sun of Africa
the sky that's always [E]blue
[Am]Apartheid and the pass laws

[Verse 5]
for me, but not for you
[Am]A big land, a rich land
stretched from sea to [E]sea
[Am]And all the riches of the earth
[E]for you, [Am]but not for me

[Verse 6]
A big land, a gracious land a land
where old [F]meet[Am]s new[E]
[Am]The bullets fired at Sharpville were
for me, but not for you

[Verse 7]
You've [Am]planted seeds of fear and hate
in all who would be [E]free
[Am]At harvest time the fruit will be
for you, and not for me