Tonalidad: F# minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Em
Good morning Mr Colston
I see your ship's come in
D
Will you pay a hundred dollars for
my torn and ragged skin?
Em
Cos the Master needs his coffee
and the Master needs his rum
D
And the Missus needs her sugar
to make her sugar plum
C
G
Good morning Mr Colston when
D
Em
will your kingdom come?
Verse 2
Em
They tell me Mr Colston
you’re a God- fearing man
D
Did the Lord give you permission
to take me from my land?
Em
Though we’re equal in construction
did he render you the best?
D
Do you hold a sacred licence to burn
letters in my chest?
C
G
Good morning Mr Colston when
D
Dsus4
D
Em
will your soul be blessed?
Verse 3
C
G
D
Am I not a brother and a man
C
G
With the right to breathe the Bristol air
D
B
And walk this pleasant land?
C
G
Am I not a brother and a man?
Em
Verse 4
Good morning Mr Colston bless
your generosity
D
It’s thanks you to there’s hospitals
and poor- folk property
Em
It’s thanks to you a hundred thousand
souls were sold as slaves
D
And a quarter died in transit and the
ocean was their graves
C
G
Good morning Mr Colston when
D
will your soul be saved?
Em
Verse 5
Good morning Mr Colston
I see you on the strand
D
Beneath your arm The Manifest
your Bible in your hand
Em
Your sugar from Barbados
your coffee from Brazil
D
For each white child you educate
another black child killed
C
G
Good morning Mr Colston
D
Em
when will your cup be filled?
Verse 6
C
G
D
Am I not a sister on this earth?
C
G
And black or white each child agrees
D
B
on every mother's worth
C
G
Em
Am I not a sister on this earth?
Interlude 1
Em
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Em
D
C
G
D
Em
Verse 7
Em
Good morning Mr Colston
your philanthropy is plain
D
There's hardly hall or street or school
that doesn't bear your name
Em
It's a golden chain that binds
you to a poison legacy
D
No statue or memorial can hide
Dsus4
D
your his tory
C
G
Good morning Mr Colston
D
Em
when will your soul be free?
Verse 8
C
G
D
Am I not a brother and a man
C
G
With the right to breathe the Bristol air
D
B
And walk this pleasant land?
C
G
Am I not a brother and a man?
Em
Verse 9
Good morning Mr Colston I see
D
your ship's come in
Outro 1
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Em
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