Indigo Girls – Rise Of The Black Messiah (Guitar Solo)
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[Verse 1]
Am C G F They called you the rise of the black messiah like so many boys before you Am C G F And they’ll be more, more to follow threatening and hard to swallow Am C G F I’m sitting underneath that hanging tree, just me and the ghost of the KKK Am C G F Poor man’s gallows in the middle of the woods - the saddest tree that ever stood
[Chorus]
Am C G F Oooh oooh oooh
[Verse 2]
Am C G F My friend I heard you tell of slavery’s end but have you heard of mass incarceration Am C G F That ol’ Jim Crow he just keeps getting born with a new hanging rope for the black man’s scourge Am C G F Hey ol’ man river, what do you know of that plantation they all Angola? Am C G F The devil spawned a prison there - the saddest farm that ever lived G G F Your great grand-daddy, he worked that land with shackles on his feet and on his hands G G F He built them levees he chopped that cane he died in the mud in his chains C F Now you stand where he once stood shackles on you all the same
[Chorus]
Am C G F Oooh oooh oooh
[Bridge]
C G Am F But he’s gonna rise, he’s gonna rise and all them lynches are gonna be damned Am When outta that mud walks a brand new man
[Chorus]
Am C G F Oooh oooh oooh Am C G F Oooh oooh oooh
[Verse 3]
Am C G F They called you the rise of the black messiah and said they’d do any damn thing the could to keep ya - Am C G F You and your brothers from spreading the word, the gospel of freedom and the black man’s worth Am C G F 40 years in solitary, consider the man they just can’t bury Am C G F I got this letter in my hand, saying tell this story when you can
[Bridge]
C G Am F But he’s gonna rise, he’s gonna rise and all them lynches are gonna be damned Am When outta that mud walks a brand new man
[Outro]
Am C G F Oooh oooh oooh Am C G F Oooh oooh oooh