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Color Line by Garland Jeffreys
Color Line
A C#m Bm
When you walk the color line better beware
E
They're gonna stop and stare
A C#m Bm
When you cross that color line better take care
E
You're gonna get your share
Bm C#m
People some try to rule the world
D C#m
Rejoicing while the weak ones fade
Bm
You can't make the black and tan
C#m D
Be a prisoner in his own land
( C#m ) E
And turn him into a slave
A C#m
Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh
Bm E
Cross that color line oh oh
A C#m
Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh
Bm E
Cross that color line oh oh
A D
Say hey Willie Mays
A E
Say hey Cool Papa Bell say
A D
Say hey to my Daddy Ray
A E
Say hey say say say
A D
Say hey Sugar Ray
A E
Say hey Jackie Robinson say
A D
Say hey to Satchel Paige
A E
Say hey say say hey
Bm C#m D C#m
Calling on America and every sister and sir
Bm
To take freedom instead
C#m D
Reverse the hearse and down the dread
( C#m ) E
Here's a message daddy gave me to remember
A C#m Bm
When you walk the color line better beware
E
They're gonna stop and stare
A C#m Bm
When you cross that color line better take care
E
You're gonna get your share
A C#m
Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh
Bm E
Cross that color line oh oh
A C#m
Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh
Bm E
Cross that color line oh oh
A D
Say hey Willie Mays
A E
Say hey Cool Papa Bell say
A D
Say hey to my Daddy Ray
A E
Say hey to the Homestead Greys
A D
Say hey to Sweetwater Clifton
A D
To Jack Johnson
A D
To Josh Gibson
A E
To Shorty Bolden say hey
A D
When you cross
A D
When you cross
A D
When you cross the
A E
Color line, yeah
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