Beyoncé – Black Parade (Guitar)

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[Intro]
B  A/C#    B  A/C#
        Ah
[Verse 1]
          B
I'm goin' back to the South

                A/C#
I'm goin' back, back, back, back

                     B
Where my roots ain't watered down

                       A/C#
Growin', growin' like a Baobab tree

           B                                A/C#
Of life on fertile ground, ancestors put me on game

              B                      N.C.
Ankh charm on gold chains, with my Oshun energy, oh

B                   A/C#
Drip all on me, woo, Ankh or the Dashiki print

B                                  N.C.
Hol' up, don't I smell like such a nag champa incense?

B                     A/C#
Yeah, pure ice (Ice), ice (Ice),  buss down

B                                A/C#
Uh, flooded (Flooded), flooded (Flooded), on my wrist, out

B                        A/C#
Ooh, goin' up, goin' up, motherland, motherland drip on me

B                         A/C#
Ooh, melanin, melanin, my drip is skin deep, like

B                            A/C#
Ooh, motherland, motherland, motherland, motherland drip on me

B                            A/C#       N.C.       B
Ooh, yeah, I can't forget my history is her-story, yeah

             A/C#                             B
Being black, maybe that's the reason why they always mad

           A/C#
Yeah, they always mad, yeah

B                A/C#                              B
  Been past 'em, I know that's the reason why they all big mad
N.C. And they always have been [Chorus]
       B                             A/C#
Honey, come around my way, around my hive

               B              A/C#
Whenever momma says so, momma say

       B                          A/C#
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high

            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade

        B                                     A/C#
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)

              B                        A/C#
You hear them swarmin', right? Bees is known to bite

            B                             A/C#
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high

            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[Verse 2 tabbed by bizzlex94]
B                     A/C#
  Yeah, yeah, I'm for us, all black

          B
All chrome (Yeah), black-owned (Yeah)

           A
Black tints (Yeah), matte black (Yeah, yeah)

            B
Roll by, my window down, let 'em see who in it

        A/C#
Crack a big smile (Ding)

           B
Go figure, me and Jigga, fifty 'leven children

            A/C#
They like, "Chick, how?"

            B                      A/C#
I charge my crystals in a full moon

                                           B
You could send them missiles, I'ma send my goons

A/C#
 Baby sister reppin' Yemaya (Yemaya)

      B
Trust me, they gon' need an army (Ah)

A/C#
Rubber bullets bouncin' off me (Ah)

B
Made a picket sign off your picket fence (Ah)

A/C#
Take it as a warning (Ah, ah)

            B
Waist beads from Yoruba (Woo)

            A/C#
Four hunnid billi', Mansa Musa (Woo)

      B
Straw line to the barbeque

                A/C#
Put us any-damn-where, we gon' make it look cute

         B
Pandemic fly on the runway, in my hazmat

         A/C#
Judgin', runnin' through the house to my art, all black

  B
Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat

   A/C#
(Ancestors on the wall, let the ghosts chit-chat)

        B
Hold my hands, we gon' pray together

    A/C#
Lay down, face down in the gravel

             B
Woo, wearin' all attire white to the funeral

            A/C#
Black love, we gon' stay together

          B
Curtis Mayfield on the speaker (Woo)

                     A/C#
Lil' Malcolm, Martin mixed with momma Tina (Woo)

        B
Need another march, lemme call Tamika (Woo)

     A/C#
Need peace and reparation for my people (Woo)

B                                  A/C#
Fuck these laid edges, I'ma let it shrivel up (Shrivel up)

B                                    A/C#
Fuck this fade and waves I'ma let it dread all up (Dread all up)

B                             A/C#
Put your fists up in the air, show black love (Show black love)

B                        N.C.
  Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
[Chorus]
       B                             A/C#
Honey, come around my way, around my hive

               B              A/C#
Whenever momma says so, momma say

       B                          A/C#
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high

            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade

        B                                     A/C#
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)

              B                             A/C#
You hear them swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)

            B                            A/C#
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high

            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade
[Bridge]
       B                              A/C#
We got rhythm (We got rhythm), we got pride (We got pride)

         B                                A/C#
We birth kings (We birth kings), we birth tribes (We birth tribes)

     B                                A/C#
Holy river (Holy river), holy tongue (Holy tongue)

          B                                       A/C#
Speak the glory (Speak the glory), feel the love (Feel the love)

                       B                A/C#
Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey

                       B                A/C#
Motherland, motherland drip on me, hey, hey, hey

                  B             A/C#
I can't forget my history, it's her-story

B                      N.C.
Motherland drip on me, motherland, motherland drip on me
[Chorus]
       B                             A/C#
Honey, come around my way, around my hive (My)

               B              A/C#
Whenever momma says so, momma say (Hey, hey)

       B                          A/C#
Here I come on my throne, sittin' high (High)

            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade (Hey, hey, hey)

        B                                     A/C#
Talkin' slick to my folk (My folk), lift that lip like lipo (Lipo)

              B                             A/C#
You hear them swarmin', right? (Zz) Bees is known to bite (Zz, zz)

            B                     A/C#
Now here we come on our thrones, sittin' high

            B              A/C#
Follow my parade, oh, my parade