Colored Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Just[Dm] acro[E]ss[Am]
the [Dm]railroad tracks
[Am]On the far side [E]of the town
[Am]All the people there[Dm] are black
[Am]And they live in c[G]olored town
Colored [Am]town

[Verse 2]
Speeding cars down [Dm]the highway run
[Am]They never stop to look [E]around
[Am]One place that the highw[Dm]ay shuns
[Am]And that place is co[G]lored town
[Am]Colored town

[Verse 3]
On the sidewalk [Dm]children [Am]play
In the gutter[E]s watch them clown
[Am]White world is so far [Dm]away
So [Am]far away [G]from colored town
[Am]Colored town

[Verse 4]
The owners [Am]of the lo[Dm]cal st[Am]ores
Owners of [E]the local ground
[Am]They're walking on a finer[Dm] floor
[Am]Skin's too white for c[G]olored town
[Am]Colored town

[Verse 5]
In the [Am]early [Dm]of the day
[Am]For the white home[E]s they are bound
[Am]As a janitor, as a[Dm] maid
They leave [Am]their place
[G]in colored town
Colored [Am]town

[Verse 6]
[Am]Come the evening, [Dm]come the wine
[Am]Come the dancing music[E] sound
[Am]Liquor knows no colo[Dm]r line
Not [Am]even down [G]in colored town
[Am]Colored town

[Verse 7]
A prison with no pris[Dm]on guards
[Am]Where no padlocks ca[E]n be found
[Am]A jail without cel[Dm]ls and bars
But [Am]you'll never escape
[G]from colored town
[Am]Colored town

[Verse 8]
Come let's [Am]open all [Dm]the doors
[Am]From Birmingham to[E]
Harlem's ground
[Am]from Jackson to Chica[Dm]go's shores
Let's [Am]take a look [G]at colored town
[Am]Colored town
Come take a look at [G]colored town
[Am]Colored town