Rainbow Man

C                      G
I was born in Alabama, but I never knew my Momma.
Bb                               F
She gave me away at three months old.
     C                    G
Some folks in Mississippi took me in an' kept me,
    Bb                               F
An' treated me just like I was their own.
  Am       G              F
A Holiness preacher man's daughter,
      Dm           F            G
And a hard-working sharecropper father.

            C                         G
An' my real Momma was Apache, my real Daddy? Hell, don't ask me.
Bb                            F
Momma says she don't remember him.
             C                             G
An' I'm sure somewhere in my history, I've got some slave blood in me.
    Bb                          F
An' some folks think I look Mexican.
  Am           G          F
I never really fit in any place,
               Dm       F             G
'Cause there's always a part of me to hate.

        F
I'm the rainbow man.
       C
That's who I am.
             G                           C
I'm a little white an' black an' red and tanned.
         F                   C/E          Dm   Gsus
I've got all these different colors in my skin.
        C
I'm the rainbow man.

      C                                   G
Well, I know you may doubt it, but if you stop an' think about it,
Bb                                      F
There's one common thing that we've all got.
C                              G
People from all countries come here because they're hungry,
           Bb                           F
For what's cookin' in America's meltin' pot.
Am        G                 F
We're all different but the same.
Dm                          G
Red's the only color in our veins.

            F
And I'm the rainbow man.
            C
Livin' in a rainbow land.
    G                                         C
I'm white an' black an' yellow an' brown  an' red and tanned.
           F                C/E           Dm  Gsus
And I'm so proud of all the colors that I am:
        C
I'm the rainbow man.
          F           C/E     Dm  Gsus
All these colors make me American,
        C            Bb  C
I'm the rainbow man.