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Young Gifted And Black

Bob And Marcia

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...YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK... by Bob & Marcia
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Intro:

C

C       F          C
 Young, gifted and black...

Verse 1:

          G
Oh what a lovely precious dream.
      C      F          C
To be young, gifted and black,
          G
Open your heart to what I mean.

Chorus 1:

       Am               Dm
In the whole world, you know,
            Em               Am
There are a billion boys and girls,
        C      F          C
Who are young, gifted and black,
            (C)
And that's a fact!

Interlude:

C  F, C  F, C  F

Verse 2:

C       F          C
 Young, gifted and black,
           G
We must be-gin to tell our young;
          C     F           C
There's a world waiting for you,
          G
This is a quest that's just begun.

Chorus 2:

         Am             Dm
When you feeling really low,
                Em                     Am
Yeah, there's a great truth you should know.
            C      F          C
When you're young, gifted and black;
              (C)
Your soul's in-tact.

Interlude:

C  F, C  F, C  F

Verse 3:

C       F          C
 Young, gifted and black,
         G
Oh how I long to know the truth.
          C      F           C
There are times, when I look back,
         G
And I am haunted by my youth.

Chorus 3:

          Am        Dm
Oh but my joy of to-day,
        Em            Am
Is that we can all be proud to say;
      C      F          C
To be young, gifted and black;
             (C)
Is where it's at!

Interlude:

C  F, C  F, C  F

Verse 4:

C       F          C
 Young, gifted and black,
           G
We must be-gin to tell our young;
          C     F           C
There's a world waiting for you,
          G
This is a quest that's just begun.

Chorus 4:

         Am             Dm
When you feeling really low,
                Em                     Am
Yeah, there's a great truth you should know.
            C      F          C
When you're young, gifted and black;
              (C)
Your soul's in-tact.

Interlude:

C  F, C  F, C  F

Verse 5:

C       F          C
 Young, gifted and black,
         G
Oh how I long to know the truth.
          C      F           C
There are times, when I look back,
         G
And I am haunted by my youth.

Chorus 5:

          Am        Dm
Oh but my joy of to-day,
        Em            Am
Is that we can all be proud to say;
      C      F          C
To be young, gifted and black;
             (C)
Is where it's at!

Interlude:

C  F, C  F, C  F

Outro:

C  F               C    F
   (It's where its at),
                C    F
(It's where its at),
                C    F
(It's where its at).

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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