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Colored Spade Chords

Music by: Galt Macdermot
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[Verse 1]
[G]I'm [D]a[G]
Colored spade
A nigger
A black nigger
A jungle bunny
Jigaboo coon

[Verse 2]
Pickaninny mau mau
[D]Uncle Tom
Aunt Jemima

[Verse 3]
Little Black Sambo
[G]Cotton pickin'
Swamp guinea
Junk man

[Verse 4]
Shoeshine boy
[D]Elevator operator
Table cleaner at [G]Horn & Hardart
Slave voodoo
Zombie

[Verse 5]
Ubangi lipped
[D]Flat nose
Tap dancin'
Resident of Harlem
[G]And

[Verse 6]
president of
The United States [D]of [G]Love[D]
[G]President of
The United States [D]of Love

[Verse 7]
[G](And if you ask him to dinner you[D]'re
going to [G]feed him:)
Watermelon Hominy grits

[Verse 8]
[D]An'
shortnin' bread
Alligator ribs
Some pig tails
Some black eyed peas
Some chili
Some collard greens
[G]And if you

[Verse 9]
don't watch out
This boogie man will [D]get
[G]you[D][G][C][G]
[D]Booooooooo!
Booooooooo!

[Verse 10]
So [D]you say . . .
[G]
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