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.
