Sweet black angel    (video)

 

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                    C            G                  C        G

1. Got a sweet black angel, got a pin-up girl,

                   C            G                C           G

    got a sweet black angel, up upon my wall.

                     C          G                      C            G

    Well, she ain’t no singer, and she ain’t no star,

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    but she sure talks good, and she moves so fast.

 

                           Em                                  Am

    But the girl in danger, yeah, the girl in chains,

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    but she keeps on pushin’, would you take her place ?

                                        Em                                            Am

    She’s counting up the minutes, she’s counting up the days,

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    she’s a sweet black angel, o......h, not a sweet black slave.

 

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      C           G          C                    G

2. Ten little niggers sitting on the wall,

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    her brothers been a-falling, falling one by one.

              C            G              C            G

    For a judge’s murder in a judge’s court,

                  C                          G                  C                     G

    now the judge he’s gonna judge her for all that he’s worth.

 

                           Em                                  Am

    But the girl in danger, yeah, the girl in chains,

                                  D                                           G

    but she keeps on pushin’, would you take her place ?

                                        Em                                            Am

    She’s counting up the minutes, she’s counting up the days,

                                     D                                   D

    she’s a sweet black angel, not a gun-toting teacher,

                                  D                                                  D

    not a red lovin’ school mom, ain’t someone gonna free her ?

                       D      C      G                        D     C      G

    Free the sweet black slave, free the sweet black slave,

                       D      C      G                        D     C      G

    free the sweet black slave, free the sweet black slave.

 

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    (The Rolling Stones)