Intellectualise My Blackness by Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie-Intellectuallize My Blackness Main riff e----------------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------------| D---------------------------5---7---------5----| A------------7------5---7------------7---------| E--0---0---------------------------------------| Intro Main riff x3 followed by E7#9 (076780) x2 Verse (bass only) I hit him with a piece of his philosophy Anglo-Saxon muck in his type of greed What did he do to deserve such hate? D----------14-12-14----12-----12-------| A----------12-10-12-14-10--12-10---14--| E-------------------12-----10------12--| He tried to intellectualise my blackness Bridge C5 B5 He tried to summarise, to institutionalise Bb5 A5 Still I could recognise he was materialised Chorus E7#9 He tried to intellectualise my blackness G5 To make it easier for his whiteness A5 He tried to intellectualise my blackness E7#9 Oh, save me, save me! Verse He's always tryin' to make up for his little slips The joke about the nigga and the yellow nip And then he tells me I'm so different from those other shits When he tries to intellectualise my blackness Bridge He tried to summarise, to institutionalise Still I could recognise, he was materialised Chorus He tried to intellectualise my blackness To make it easier for his whiteness He tried to intellectualise my blackness Oh, save me, save me! D--9--8--9--11--------------| A--7--6--7--9---5--4--5--7--| E---------------3--2--3--5--| Middle D---------------------------| A--8--6-----5------6-----8--| E--6--4-----3------4-----6--| Oh, motherfucker don't you lecturise me Yeah, don't you ever try to lecturise me, yeah Motherfucker don't you lecturise me, oh no Chorus He tried to intellectualise my blackness To make it easier for his whiteness He tried to intellectualise my blackness E7#9 E5 Oh, save me, save me, save! http://www.sparkystabs.co.uk www.TAB6.com