Verse 1F
This little song that I'm singin' about
F
People you know it's true
F
If you're black and gotta work for a living
N.C.
Now, this is what they will say to you
ChorusBb
They says if you was white, should be all right
F
If you was brown, stick around
C7B7C7F N.C. C
But as you's black, oh brother, git back git back git back
Verse 2F
I was in a place one night
F
They was all having fun
F N.C.
They was all buyin' beer and wine
N.C.
But they would not sell me none
ChorusBb
They says if you was white, should be all right
F
If you was brown, stick around
C7B7C7F N.C.
But as you's black, oh brother, git back git back git back
CFCFCFCVerse 3F
I went to an employment office
F
Got a number 'n' I got in line
F
They called everybody's number
F N.C.
But they never did call mine
ChorusBb
They says if you was white, should be all right
F
If you was brown, stick around
C7B7C7F N.C.
But as you's black, oh brother, git back git back git back
CFCFVerse 4F
Me and a man was workin' side by side
F
This is what it meant
N.C.
They was paying him a dollar an hour
N.C.
And they was paying me fifty cent
ChorusBb
They says if you was white, should be all right
F
If you was brown, stick around
C7B7C7F N.C.
But as you's black, oh brother, git back git back git back
CFCVerse 5]
F
I helped build this country
F
And I fought for it too
F
Now I guess that you can see
F N.C.
What a black man have to do
ChorusBb
They says if you was white, should be all right
F
If you was brown, stick around
C7B7C7F N.C.
But as you's black, oh brother, git back git back git back
CFCVerse 6]
F
I helped win sweet victory
F
With my little plow and hoe
F
Now I want you to tell me brother
F N.C.
What you gonna do about the old Jim Crow?
ChorusBb
They says if you was white, should be all right
F
If you was brown, stick around
C7B7C7F
But as you's black, oh brother
Git back git back git back
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.