Black Tie White Noise (Radio Edit) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Cranking up [C](bl[D]ack)
Cranking [C]up [D](white)
Cranking [C]up [D](black,
[C]black)[D]
Cranking [G]up (white, white)
[C]Cranking up white [D]noise[C][D]
Cranking [C]up [D](black tie white)
Cranking [C]up [D](white noise)
Getting my facts from [C]a Benetton ad

[Verse 2]
[D]
Lookin' through African eyes (no)
Lit by the glare of [C]an [D]L.A. fire (black tie,
[C]white noise)
[D](Cranking up) I've got a face,
not [C]just my race
Bang, [D]bang, I've got [C]you [Ebm]babe

[Verse 3]
Putting on the black tie [Fm]Cranking
up the white [Bb]noise

[Verse 4]
(Crank[Dm]ing up) sun comes [D]up
and the [C]man goes down
Woman comes [Dm]again
Just an hour or so to be safe [C]from fear (black tie,
[Dm]white [C]noise)
(Cranking up) then [Dm]we jump
through hoops
We're divisible now,
just [C]dis[Ebm]appear

[Verse 5]
Putting on the black tie Cranking [Fm]up
the white [Bb]noise

[Verse 6]
We reach [G]out over race and [D]hold
each oth[Dsus4]er's hands
[Esus4]Then die in the flames [C]singing
'We Shall [G]Overcome'
[C]Whoa, [D]what's goi[G]ng on? (What's going
[Bm]on?)[Esus4]
(There'll be some blood, [D]no doubt

[Verse 7]
[C]
about it)
But we'll come through, don't [D]doubt it
I look [G]into your eyes and I
know I won't [D]kill you
[Esus4]I look into your eyes and I
[D]know you won't kill me
You won't [Dm]kill me, you won't kill me,
no
But I [C]look into [Dm]your eye[Csus4]s[Dm]
and [D]I wonder some[C]times[D]
[Dm]Cranking [G]up [C]white

[Verse 8]
[D]
[Dm]Cranking up [C#dim]white[Ebm]
(putting on the black tie)
Cranking out [Fm]the white n[Bb]oise

[Verse 9]
[Dm]Oh L[C]ord, j[Dm]ust
[D]let [C]him see [Dm]me
[C]Lord, Lord yea[Dm]h, let him hear me
[C]Let him call me [D]brother
Let him put his arms around me
[Ebm]Let him put his hands
togeth[Fm]er[Bb]

[Verse 10]
[G]Reach out over race an[D]d hold
each other's hand[Esus4]s
Walk through [D]the night thinking we
[C]are the world
Whoa, what's [G]going [D]on?[Bm][Esus4]
[Em](What's going on?)
(There'll be some blood, [D]no doubt about

[Verse 11]
it)
[C]We should come [D]through,
don't doubt it
(I looked into [G]your eyes and
I know I won't [D]kill [Esus4]you)
And I turn my back,
for I know you [D]won't kill me
You won't [C]kill me, [Bb]yeah,
[D]you [Dm]won't kill me, no
But I [C]wonder [Csus4]why, yes,
[Dm]I wonder why [D]sometimes

[Verse 12]
Cranking [D]up
[G]Cranking [Dm]up wh[Ebm]ite
Cra— (putting on the black tie)
Cranking [Fm]up white no[Bb]ise

[Verse 13]
[Dm]They'll show [D]us how [C]to break [G]the rules
[D]But never how [C]to make the rules
[D]Reduce us down to [C]witless [D]punks (black tie,
[Dm]white noise)
(Cranking up) fascist [D]cries both
[C]black [Dm]and white
[D]Who's got the blood,
who's got the [Ebm]gun? O[Fm]oh, [Bb]yeah[Dm]

[Verse 14]
Cranking [D]up
Cranking [Dm]up (ooh yeah)
Cranking up white [D]noise (black tie,
[D]white [Dm]noise)
Cranking [D]up (take it
[Ebm]now)
Cranking up