I Wish I Were Black

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[Verse 1]
I [A]like this [D]colored girl
[G]An d not just [D]to be radical
Oh, [A]oh, it's not prac[D]tical, I know,
but [G]I l[A]ike this colored g[D]irl[A][Bm]
[A]I like thi[D]s colored girl
[G]But not [A]just to be [D]radical.
[G]No, I'm not [A]trying to be [D]radical.
[G]It's just that I [A]like her a [D]lot.[G]
[A]You, [D]you [A]may say I belong
in an institu[D]tion.
[G]But if I gotta [A]face this per[D]secution,
[G]I ain't g[A]onna s[D]tay here for long,
[G]ain't gonna [A]stay here for [D]long.[G][A]
I like [D]her smile.
[G]We sit in the [A]back [D]at the movies.
[G]I think s[A]he's really g[D]roovy.
[G]Oh, I [A]wish I was [D]black.
[G]Oh, how I [A]wish I [D]was black.
[G]Oh, how I [A]wish I [D]was [A]black[D] .[G][A][D][G][A]
I like [D]this colored girl.
[G]Not [A]just to be [D]radical.
[G]No, I'm not [A]trying to be [D]radical.
It's just Just that I [A]like [D]her a lot,
[G]just that [D]I like her a lot.
Colored girl, [G]just [A]that I like her a [D]lot.
Colored girl, [G]just that I [A]like her a [D]lot.
Colored girl, [G]oh, just that [A]I like her.
[D]Oh, I like her.
I like this colored [A]girl. [D]now shut up.
I know what you're say[A]ing.
[D]Don't you say those dumb names.
You're living [A]in the [D]past, man.
This is the modern times.
You're not supposed to be
prejudiced like that.
You're [A]dumb, stupid,
[D]stu[A]pid, stu[D]pid.
Colored [G]girls, colored [A]girls,
all [D]colored.
She's not just particularly
[A]colored girls.
[D]I just like this one colored girl.
You know, I don't like white girls.
If I like one white girl, she's black.
She's black.
She's a black girl.
I like her.
All right, I love her.
I don't really love her.
I like her a lot.
It doesn't have to be, you know,
what a big deal.
[A]She's colored.[Bm][D][G][D][A][D][A][G][D]
I [A]like [D]this color, girl,
[G]not [A]just to be [D]radical,
Ooh, [G]now [A]this is a [D]bit radical.
[G]It's just that [A]I like [D]her a [G]lot.[A][D][G]
[A]Ah, [D]yeah.
Again?
Okay, alright.
[Bm]I li[D]ke, I [Bm]like her[D].[G]
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