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Black and White Words & Music: Sonya Isaacs Makem Smile Music/Spirit High Ridge Music, BMI Key: Cm Chords: Cm, Fm, Gm, Ab (If you play with a capo on the 3rd fret, the chords are Am, Dm, Em, and F respectively) Cm Oh, let me tell my story friend Fm Gm Cm That you might learn to stay away from sin Cm I took a life not mine to take Fm Gm Cm Imprisoned for this haunting dread mistake My heart was harder than my soul They sentenced me to life without parole Where no one cares, we’re all the same And I must wear this number for my name [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/the-upper-room/145766.html ] Chorus Ab Cm Now life to me is black and white Fm Gm Cm I’ll wear these stripes until the day I die Ab Cm But this ball and chain around my leg Fm Won’t drag me down, won’t drag me down Gm Cm When I am dead My mother prayed so hard for me She did her time down on bended knees But I was young and I had no fear Her pleading voice still echoes in my ear Don’t let the beauty blind your eyes This world is filled with discolored lies For greener fields don’t sell your soul You’ll think you’re rich with a pocket of fool’s gold Chorus I’d rather be in this dark cell Than to be free and die and go to hell God bless the day of my new birth I don’t have to pay the price that I deserve Chorus Ending: Ab Cm And when I’m dead and take my flight Fm Gm Cm I’ll leave behind this world of black and white Cherryholmes website: http://cherryholmes.musiccitynetworks.com/ |